forms of Japan

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 ADAPTION
( 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 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