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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 2 Suiseki: A World of Understated Beauty Within Natural Stone
5.00 28 minutes Suiseki is the appreciation of natural stone shapes using poetic imagination to visualize magnificent mountain, island, or waterfall landscapes. This pastime arrived from China in the late 1100's and spread among Kyoto aristocrats and Zen monks. Suiseki's beauty lies in the stones' understated simplicity and becalming quality. The Seven Stones of Kamo found in the Kamo River basin are prized in suiseki circles. Discover the profound world of rock appreciation that evolved in the old capital.
