Kintsugi: highlighting the restorations of pottery with traces of gold and silver, symbolising the importance given to imperfections, which enhance the beauty of the composition. Wabi-sabi: vision based on the acceptance of the transience of things, which beauty is greater when incomplete and transitional because she carries the memory of past. Ikebana: the custom of disposing severed flowers, reinterpretation of natural elements, which matter in japan philosophies as a spur to meditation and as a return to their roots. Ukiyo-e: “images of the fluctuating world”, xilographies that narrate in a dreamlike way stories of journeys and juvenile loves. Zenga: panels usually hung in rooms arranged for the tea ceremony or for meditation. Haiku: brief compositions, which are a fundamental part of the printed xilographies by tradition.
