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Who were the indigenous people of Japan?
The Ainu
What is the rice-planting dance?
What is sumo wrestling?
A competitive martial arts sport where two heavy competitors each use their weight to knock each other out of the ring.
What is the tea ceremony?
What is a Haiku?
A form of poetry consisting of 17 sounds on 3 lines with a 5-7-5 structure.
What is the Japanese name for Japan?
Nihon
Who were the geisha?
A group of professional female dancers.
What is Kendo?
"The way of the sword" a Japanese form of fencing.
Where was the tea ceremony originally held?
A specially built tea house made of bark-covered logs, woven straw, and other natural materials in the style of a rustic cottage.
What are preferred motifs in Japanese embroidery?
Flowers, birds, bold lines, and abstract designs.
What was attush?
Cloth woven from the inner bark fiber of the elm tree.
What is the most popular of all Japanese theatre forms?
Kabuki theatre
What influenced the development of many martial arts?
Eastern religions (especially Budhism and Taoism.)
What happens in an elaborate tea ceremony?
The guests eat sweets or even a full meal.
What is the shoin?
A place to study and to receive guests.
Who was the father of the Haiku?
Matsuo Basho
What is bunraku?
Puppet theatre.
What is the dohyo?
The ring in which sumo matches take place.
What is Raku ware?
A famous type of tea vessel with a crackle-glaze and an asymmetrical shape.
Name five of the 10 traditional arts and crafts.
(Daily double: double your current points if you can guess all 10.)
Wood block printing, painting, ceramics, calligraphy, lacquer work, woven textiles, fans, dolls, wooden cabinets, and embroidery. (Any 5 will do.)
What is the Ainu Shinpo?
A governmental policy seeking to protect and promote Ainu culture.
Which of the following are not percussion instruments:
ryuteki, shoko, hichiriki, sho, kakko, biwa, taiko, koto.
Ryukiteki, hichiriki, sho, biwa, koto.
What does akihido mean?
The way of Harmony.
What colour glazes were the fine ceramic tea vessels coated with?
green, brown or purple.
What are wooden dolls made by hand in Japan?
Kokeshi.