Forms in Japan
This page is excerpted from Forms in Japan by Yuichiro Kojiro, East-West Center Press, Honolulu, 1965
FORMS OF UNITY
( matome no katachi )
|
Forms of
Continuation |
Forms of
Union |
Forms of
Collection |
Forms of
Arrangement |
Forms of
Enclosure |
| ( Tsuranari ) |
( musubi ) |
( atsume ) |
( kubari ) |
( kakomi ) |
of continuation
of expansion
of opennessof dilation |
of tying
of binding
of weaving
of joining
of bracing
of matching
of stopping |
of grouping
of gathering
of piling
of layering
of heaping
of bundling
of tightening
of grasping
of felting |
of pairing
of distribution
of complement
of surfeit
of discard
of scattering |
of wrapping
of enclosing
which surround
of encirclement
which hide
which cover |
FORMS OF FORCE
( chikara no katachi )
|
Forms of
Support |
Forms of
Curve |
| ( sasae ) |
( magari ) |
which support
which hook
of tension
which suspend
which hang
which spread |
of circling
of curve
of curvature
which rise |
|
FORMS OF ADAPTATION
( yudane no katachie )
|
Forms of
Fluidity |
Forms of
the Natural |
| ( nagare ) |
( sonomama ) |
which droop
which flow
which swirl
which rotate
which smear |
of natural things
of inlay
of firing
of texture
of impression |
|
FORMS OF CHANGE
( kawari no katachi )
|
Forms of
Reduction |
Forms by
Twisting |
Forms of
Severing |
Forms of
Transfiguration |
| ( chijime ) |
( hineri ) |
( kirihanashi ) |
( kuzushi ) |
which are rolled
which are creased
which are folded
of storing
of bending
of shortening |
of twisting
of twining
of dappling
of crumpling
of shavings |
of tearing
of chipping
of splitting
of cutting
of severing
of dropping
of removing |
of simplification
of difference
of disarrangement
of dancing
of shading
of open-work
of splashing |
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