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Core Kyoto S4E2 — Suiseki: A World of Understated Beauty Within Natural Stone
Core Kyoto•Season 4•Episode 2

Suiseki: A World of Understated Beauty Within Natural Stone

Jan 21, 201628 min
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Suiseki is the appreciation of natural stone shapes using poetic imagination to visualize magnificent mountain, island, or waterfall landscapes. This pastime arrived from China in the late 1100's and spread among Kyoto aristocrats and Zen monks. Suiseki's beauty lies in the stones' understated simplicity and

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Gary Tegler

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Episode Summary

"Suiseki: A World of Understated Beauty Within Natural Stone" is episode 2 of Core Kyoto season 4. It aired on January 21, 2016.