Renowned for its decorative effect, the ever-evolving art of Japan includes painted screens, wood block prints, lacquer-ware, ceramics, netsuke, and gorgeous kimonos. Traditional methods of Japanese painting- influenced by the Chinese style of painting and calligraphy, Buddhist iconography, nature themes, and literary works- appeared in beautiful hanging scrolls made of silk or soft paper and painted with ink and watercolors. The dry-lacquer process was used in sculptures, and representations of Buddhist deitied and saints were depicted in wood and bronze. The forty-eight cards in this deck reveal the vibrancy, life, and color of Japanese art: each card depicts on one side a full-color reproduction of a work, and the other side presents interesting information about the image.