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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 18 Fusuma Paintings: Artful Partitions Transform Space
5.00 28 minutes Fusuma are uniquely Japanese fittings, dating back a millennium, that act as partitions, sliding doors and walls. Painting them can transform a room's ambience. Fusuma paintings have evolved in keeping with the times, space, and patrons and artists' tastes. In the 1500's, magnificent paintings became signs of the wealth and power of the samurai class. In temples, ink paintings conveyed Buddhist teachings. Discover how fusuma paintings have raised furniture to the level of art.
