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school, style, tradition, faction
A distinct school or tradition within an art, discipline, or field, each with its own established methods, techniques, and lineage. Commonly used for traditional Japanese arts such as martial arts, flower arrangement, tea ceremony, calligraphy, and performing arts.
Usage
Central to understanding traditional Japanese arts and culture. Major traditional arts are divided into 流派, each with a founding master, a lineage of practitioners, and distinctive techniques.
Well-known examples include the 裏千家 and 表千家 schools of tea ceremony, and the 池坊 school of flower arrangement.
Similar words
- 流儀: style, personal way of doing things (more individual)
- 門派: school, sect (less common)
- 派: faction, school (suffix)