Shimenawa

Shimenawa

"Shimenawa (標縄・注連縄・七五三縄?, , lit. 'enclosing rope') are lengths of braided rice straw rope used for ritual purification in the Shinto religion"

Juzo Itami

Juzo Itami

"Juzo Itami (伊丹 十三 ,Itami Jūzō?, May 15, 1933 – December 20, 1997) was an actor and (later) a popular modern Japanese film director. Many critics came to regard him as Japan's greatest director since Akira Kurosawa. His 10 movies, all of which he wrote himself, are comic satires on elements of Japanese culture."

Honne and tatemae

Honne and tatemae

"Honne (本音 ?) refers to a person's true feelings and desires. Tatemae (建前 ?), literally 'façade,' is the behaviour and opinions one displays in public."

Yunomi

Yunomi

"A yunomi (Japanese: 湯のみ) is a form of teacup, typically made from a ceramic material, being taller than wide, with a trimmed or turned foot. Unlike the more formal chawan tea bowl which is used during the Japanese tea ceremony, the yunomi is made for daily (or informal) tea drinking."

Bokeh

Bokeh

"Bokeh (derived from Japanese, a noun boke 暈け, meaning 'blurred or fuzzy') is a photographic term referring to the appearance of point of light sources in an out-of-focus area of an image produced by a camera lens using a shallow depth of field."

Defensive weapons of the Japanese samurai

Defensive weapons of the Japanese samurai