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2. Bonsai - Wikipedia

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   This indicated use of a fairly deep pot rather than the shallow pot denoted by the eventual term bonsai. Hachi no Ki (The Potted Trees) is also the title of a circa 1383 noh play by Zeami Motokiyo, based on a story about an impoverished samurai who burns his last three potted trees as firewood to warm a traveling monk. The monk is a disguised ...

3. History of bonsai - Wikipedia

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   History of bonsai. Bonsai from the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum at the United States National Arboretum. Bonsai (盆栽, "tray planting" pronunciation ⓘ) [1] is a Japanese art form using trees grown in containers. Similar practices exist in other cultures, including the Chinese tradition of penjing from which the art originated, and the ...

4. Penjing - Wikipedia

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   Penjing. Penjing, also known as penzai, is the ancient Chinese art of depicting artistically formed trees, other plants, and landscapes in miniature. Penjing generally fall into one of three categories: [1] Shumu penjing (樹木盆景): Tree penjing that focuses on the depiction of one or more trees and optionally other plants in a container ...

5. Japanese pottery and porcelain - Wikipedia

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   Pottery and porcelain (陶磁器, tōjiki, also yakimono (焼きもの), or tōgei (陶芸)) is one of the oldest Japanese crafts and art forms, dating back to the Neolithic period. [1] Types have included earthenware, pottery, stoneware, porcelain, and blue-and-white ware. Japan has an exceptionally long and successful history of ceramic ...

6. Garden ornament - Wikipedia

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   Garden gnome: a small, generally colorful gnome statuette. Human form: a depiction of a human being. Human form lawn ornaments can be two-dimensional, generally vertically supported by being thrust in the ground, or three-dimensional. Examples of human form lawn ornaments include the concrete Aboriginal, lawn jockey and groomsman.

7. Yixing clay teapot - Wikipedia

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   Yixing clay teapots ( simplified Chinese: 宜兴; traditional Chinese: 宜興; pinyin: Yíxīng; Wade–Giles: I-Hsing ), also called Zisha teapot (Chinese: 紫砂; pinyin: zǐshā; Wade–Giles: tsu sha; lit. 'Purple clay'), [1] are made from Yixing clay. This traditional style commonly used to brew tea originated in China, dating back to the ...