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- Season 4 Kyo-yaki: Kyoto Ceramics Charm and Delight the Beholder
- Season 4 Suiseki: A World of Understated Beauty Within Natural Stone
- Season 4 Kyo-Kanoko Shibori: Untying the Beauty Bound Within
- Season 4 Small Restaurants: A Full, Rich Experience While Sipping Sake
- Season 4 Obi: Unbridled Beauty in a Knot
- Season 4 Traditional Musical Instruments: Eternal Tones Waft Through the Ancient Capital
- Season 4 Woodblock Prints: Beauty in the Hands of a Trinity of Artists
- Season 4 Tsubo-niwa: Life Enhanced by Quintessential Spaces
- Season 4 Insho Domoto: The Pulsing Heart of Artistic Innovation
- Season 4 Hidden Treasures: Preserved for Another Millennium
- Season 4 Kyoto Walls: Elegance Molded from Earth
- Season 4 Kata-yuzen: The Stenciled Beauty of Dyeing
- Season 4 Cool Customs: Beating the Summer Heat
- Season 4 Atago Sennichi Mairi: Pilgrimage to the Guardian Against Fire
- Season 4 Kiyomizu Rokubey: Tradition and Vision in Ceramics
- Season 4 Stone Jizo: Neighborhood Guardians Watch Over Children
- Season 4 The Cinema Capital: The Professionals Behind the Samurai Filming Industry
- Season 4 Fusuma Paintings: Artful Partitions Transform Space
- Season 4 Yase Shamenchi Odori: A Dance of Gratitude
- Season 4 Iwakura Fire Festival: The Divine Spirit Returns
Core Kyoto - Season 4 Episode 11 Kyoto Walls: Elegance Molded from Earth
5.00 28 minutes The ancient capital's dignified air of yesteryear is in part generated by earthen walls: the walls of the imperial palace, shrines, temples and even private properties. Earthen walls imbue tea houses with a rustic air. Kyoto is blessed with soil of a color ideal for these walls. Plasterers over centuries developed and refined their technique to produce walls befitting a capital. Discover the aesthetic sensibilities and expertise of traditional plasterers as they pursue beauty in earthen walls.
