BBC The Art of Japanese Life S01 PACK WEB-DL x264-JIVE

Series in which Dr. James Fox looks at the art and culture of Japan. James journeys through Japan's mountainous forests, marvels at its zen gardens and admires centuries-old bonsai, to explore the connections between Japanese culture and the natural environment.


Ep1 - Nature

Travelling around Japan's stunning island geography, he examines how the country's two great religions, Shinto and Buddhism, helped shape a creative response to nature often very different to the West. But he also considers modern Japan's changing relationship to the natural world and travels to Naoshima Art Island to see how contemporary artists are finding new ways to engage with nature.


Ep2 -Cities

Dr James Fox explores how the artistic life of three Japanese cities shaped the country's attitudes to past and present, east and west, and helped forge the idea of Japan itself.


Ep3- Home

In this final episode, Dr James Fox explores the art of the Japanese home and how its clean minimalism has been exported round the world

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Subtitles included: English


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