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The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
Having taken tea in the chashitsu (tea house) and lingered under the red lacquer torri (shrine arches), lit by a hundred lanterns, sumptuously decorated with monsho (heraldic crests). Michael Oliver and Louis Allen find their oriental quietude contrasting vividly with the sound, colour and vitality of contemporary Tokyo - all conjured up in the Japan Style exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. This is a spectacular presentation of craft and design in Japan today, where a pachinko (gambling parlour) shows gangster movies, a calculator plays classical music, and a sushiya (a raw-fish bar) displays plastic food and shows TV commercials.
Producer JOHN POWELL
9.59 Weather

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Unknown:
Ael Oliver
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Louis Allen
Producer:
John Powell
Source: Radio Times

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