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*''Japanese'': 家元 ''(iemoto)''

*''Japanese'': 家元 ''(iemoto)''

''Iemoto'' is a term referring to the head of a school of traditional Japanese arts. The ''iemoto'' system can be found operating most strongly in [[tea ceremony]], [[ikebana]] (flower arrangement), [[incense ceremony]], and ''utai'' ([[Noh]] chanting),<ref>Noh is among a number of arts which use a term other than ''iemoto'' to refer to the head of a school. In Noh, the term used is ''sôke'', though the function of the role is a classic example of the ''iemoto'' system.</ref> though it can also be seen in most other traditional Japanese arts, from schools of [[shamisen]] and various other music and performing traditions, to swordsmithing, traditional basket-weaving, and cabinetry.

''Iemoto'' is a term referring to the head of a school of traditional Japanese arts. The ''iemoto'' system can be found operating most strongly in [[tea ceremony]], [[ikebana]] (flower arrangement), [[incense ceremony]], and ''utai'' ([[Noh]] chanting),<ref>Noh is among a number of arts which use a term other than ''iemoto'' to refer to the head of a school. In Noh, the term used is ''sôke'', though the function of the role is a classic example of the ''iemoto'' system.</ref> though it can also be seen in most other traditional Japanese arts, from schools of [[shamisen]] and various other music and performing traditions, to swordsmithing, traditional basket-weaving, and cabinetry. Though bearing its own distinct characteristics, the traditions followed in this regard by schools of traditional arts bear strong connections to the broader conception of the ''[[ie]]'', or household, as a unit of social organization.

==Origins and History==

==Origins and History==