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WP_101/ 2006
(  Satoshi Kinoshita )
| Series: | Works on paper: Paintings 2 | | Medium: | black gansai and watercolor on paper | | Size (inches): | 21.3 x 15.4 | | Size (mm): | 545 x 395 | | Catalog #: | WP_0101 | | Description: | Signed, date and copyright in pencil on the reverse.
*gansai - It is a solid watercolor that is made from Japanese traditional colors by a drying process. It is suitable for painting on a square piece of thick paper, oblong card, and a haiku picture.
Culture of Japan:
After several waves of immigration from the Asian continent and nearby Pacific islands, followed by a heavy importation of culture from Korea and China, the inhabitants of Japan experienced a long period of relative isolation from the outside world under the Tokugawa shogunate until the arrival of the "Black Ships" and the Meiji era. As a result, a culture distinctively different from other Asian cultures developed, and echoes of this persist in contemporary Japan.
For example, as Ruth Benedict pointed out in her classic study The Chrysanthemum and the Sword, Japan has a shame culture (external reference standard) rather than the guilt culture (internal reference standard) that is more familiar in the West. In Japan, inter-relationships between people are heavily influenced by concepts of "honor," "obligation," and "duty" in a way that is no longer true in the more individualistic and free-wheeling West. Finally, generalized conceptions of morality and desirable behavior are relatively underdeveloped in Japan, where particular obligations to family, school, and friends tend to guide behavior.
The Japanese language has always played a significant role in Japanese culture. Nemawashi, for example, indicates consensus achieved through careful preparation. It reflects the harmony that is desired and respected within Japanese culture.
Although the Japanese are better known for their physical comedy outside of Japan, they have intricate humor and jokes. Because this humor relies so heavily on Japanese language, culture, religion, and ethics, it is generally considered to be very difficult to translate.
-From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Japan
Made in Japan - Jokes and humor about Japanese people:
There was a Japanese man who went to America for sightseeing. On the last day, he hailed a cab and told the driver to drive to the airport. During the journey, a Honda drove past the taxi. Thereupon, the man leaned out of the window excitedly and yelled, "Honda, very fast! Made in Japan!"
After a while, a Toyota sped past the taxi. Again, the Japanese man leaned out of the window and yelled, "Toyota, very fast! Made in Japan!"
And then a Mitsubishi sped past the taxi. For the third time, the Japanese leaned out of the window and yelled, "Mitsubishi, very fast! Made in Japan!"
The driver was a little angry, but he kept quiet. And this went on for quite a number of cars. Finally, the taxi came to the airport. The fare was US$300.
The Japanese exclaimed, "Wah... so expensive!"
There upon, the driver yelled back, "Meter, very fast! Made in Japan!"
-www.asianjoke.com/japanese/made_in_japan.htm
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