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Japan Art and Hozu River in Kyoto
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Japanese Art and Buddhist Pagoda: Kyoto and Nikko
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Japan Art and Tokuoka Shinsen: Beauty to Behold
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Japan Art and Buddhism: Kyoto and Nara by Eiichi Kotozuka
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Japan Art and Buddhism: Tokuriki Tomikichiro and Koyasan (Kukai)
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Japan Art and Nomura Yoshimitsu: Kyoto (Buddhism and Shinto)
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Japan Art and Kitano Tsunetomi: Ladies and Speckled Snow
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Japan Art and Nara: Buddhist Pagoda and Deers
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Japan Art and Tokuriki Tomikichiro: Genesis and the Old Testament (Judaism)
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Japan Art and Suzuki Shônen
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Japan Art and Eiichi Kotozuka: Buddhism and Shinto
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