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Bibi

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performance art

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My Fair Lady (1956 musical, 1964 movie )

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forebrain; prosencephalon

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surrealism

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the art of war; strategy; tactics

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Okamoto Tarou (1911.2.26-1996.1.7)

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ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip; walking in large steps; walking with a disabled leg; someone with a disabled leg

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surrealistic

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Tharaud

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bai ze (mythical Chinese animal able to understand human speech, having the body of a lion and eight eyes)

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artistic activities

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controversial work (art, literature, etc.); work that caused public criticism; work of art dealing with contemporary questions; succès de scandale

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jiangshi; Chinese hopping vampire; reanimated corpse in Chinese legends and folklore

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(tube of) instant glue

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credibility; trustworthiness

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sunrise

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biohazard

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celadon porcelain

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burning hell; inferno

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protective household deity in Tōhoku, appearing as a red-faced child spirit with bobbed hair

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to crawl out of; to creep out of

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means; method; art; magic

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contemporary art

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wife

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lei (garland of flowers); lei (plural of leu; currency of Rumania and Moldova)

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broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens

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Taoism; Daoism

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ground cherry (Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii); husk tomato; Chinese lantern plant; children's noisemaking toy

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drawing ability; skill at art

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low-ranking prison guard; hell's tormenting devils

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pollution; public nuisance; contamination

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manufacturing equipment; production machine; maker

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self-portrait

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natural drugs; natural remedy; herbal medicine; crude drugs; galenical

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drawing; painting; doodling; sketching

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a person of high morals; a Taoist

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Muromachi period (1333-1573)

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Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements

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metal rod; metal bar; iron rod; iron club; iron staff with rings on top (traditionally used by night watchmen)

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not one

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person with low tastes; uncultured person; worldly person; ordinary person (who has not entered the priesthood); layperson; layman

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domino (game); dominoes; domino effect

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as is habit; the way life normally is

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to be possessed by a god; to not act like oneself; to behave oddly; to be awesome; to be extreme

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Picasso

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college of the arts; university of the arts; art university

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why; how come; unfortunately; alas

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explanatory note

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uncharted territory; unknown waters; unfamiliar terrain

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