Since many centuries, Japan fascinates with its arts and crafts, including art forms such as ikebana, tea ceremony, ink painting and calligraphy, which many today perceive as typically Japanese. They often owe their emergence or development to Buddhism, which reached Japan via the Korean peninsula at the latest from the 6th century and brought with it far more than Buddhist teachings and Chinese characters.
Particularly influential was the Buddhist school of Zen Buddhism, which found its way into Japan from the 12th century onwards. It soon enjoyed great popularity, especially among the warrior nobility, and shaped many areas of Japanese life.
In the future, you will find short articles on traditional Japanese arts here – continuously updated – as well as information on corresponding events at the EKŌ Center. (For painting, architecture, garden art, crafts, etc. see Fine Arts)
- Tea ceremonies in the EKŌ Center
- Calligraphy Courses in the EKŌ Center
- Course Koto music in the EKŌ Center
- Workshops Ink painting (sumi-e) in the EKŌ Center
- Workshops Jiuta-shamisen music in the EKŌ Center
- Concert Gagaku and bugaku: Music and Dance from ancient Japan on Sept. 2, 2023 in the Robert-Schumann Concert Hall, Düsseldorf
Articles on traditional Japanese arts:
A history of green powdered tea (matcha)
Author: Ruth Jäschke, from: EKŌ-Blätter issue 31 (Autumn 2021), S. 10-15 [in German]
From offerings to Buddha to the traditional art of incense and flower arrangement
Author: Ruth Jäschke, from: EKŌ-Blätter issue 32 (autumn 2022), pp. 10-11 [in German]
