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The Art of Japanese Life

Just look around and you'll find negative spaceeverywhere

Just look around and you'll find negative space
everywhere

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Just look around
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and you'll find negative space everywhere.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:57
Uploaded
Jul 07, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
Genres
documentary, history
Production
Pacific Quay Productions

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Movie Summary

Dr James Fox examines the art and culture of Japan, exploring the links between culture, the countryside, urban landscapes and religion.
S01 • E02 Sen no Rikyu's ideas gradually crystallised - The Art of Japanese Life 00:07
Sen no Rikyu's ideas gradually crystallised
S01 • E03 Rinshunkaku's floor plan is endlessly flexible. - The Art of Japanese Life 00:04
Rinshunkaku's floor plan is endlessly flexible.
S01 • E03 Partitions slide behind one another to open up the rooms. - The Art of Japanese Life 00:05
Partitions slide behind one another to open up the rooms.
S01 • E03 The effect is one continuous space, and it extends even to the outdoors. - The Art of Japanese Life 00:06
The effect is one continuous space, and it extends even to t...
S01 • E01 Zen monks used a number of methods - The Art of Japanese Life 00:24
Zen monks used a number of methods
S01 • E03 Light, functional, versatile, - The Art of Japanese Life 00:08
Light, functional, versatile,
S01 • E03 And houses like it have profoundly influenced modern architecture - The Art of Japanese Life 00:53
And houses like it have profoundly influenced modern archite...
S01 • E01 And perhaps the greatest of these Japanese ink wash painters - The Art of Japanese Life 00:07
And perhaps the greatest of these Japanese ink wash painters
S01 • E02 Sen no Rikyu wanted the tea ceremony - The Art of Japanese Life 00:30
Sen no Rikyu wanted the tea ceremony
S01 • E01 Sesshu was born in western Japan in 1420. - The Art of Japanese Life 00:49
Sesshu was born in western Japan in 1420.
S01 • E02 Raku Kichizaemon XV is the 15th generation of potters in his family. - The Art of Japanese Life 00:42
Raku Kichizaemon XV is the 15th generation of potters in his...
S01 • E03 Amid all this minimalism, - The Art of Japanese Life 00:13
Amid all this minimalism,
S01 • E01 In the late 1460s, Sesshu travelled to China, - The Art of Japanese Life 00:29
In the late 1460s, Sesshu travelled to China,
S01 • E03 It might look like an empty recess, - The Art of Japanese Life 00:18
It might look like an empty recess,
S01 • E02 TRANSLATION: - The Art of Japanese Life 00:05
TRANSLATION:
S01 • E03 The tokonoma would include a scroll, often with calligraphy... - The Art of Japanese Life 00:05
The tokonoma would include a scroll, often with calligraphy....
S01 • E01 This is the splashed ink landscape. - The Art of Japanese Life 00:29
This is the splashed ink landscape.
S01 • E03 ..and it would be joined by a simple floral arrangement... - The Art of Japanese Life 00:04
..and it would be joined by a simple floral arrangement...
S01 • E03 ..which had to be just so... - The Art of Japanese Life 00:11
..which had to be just so...
S01 • E01 In the foreground, - The Art of Japanese Life 00:54
In the foreground,