You are holding a unique edition of Japanese proverbs illustrated by talented artists. You will be surprised and delighted by the subtle wisdom captured by artists in unexpected images with humor, grace and national flavor. There is nothing superfluous in the book - only truths, wise and simple, which are revealed to us thanks to the proverbs and sayings of Japan. Which other nation on earth could say so beautifully? "A husband wife should be like a hand eyes: when the hand hurts, the eyes cry, and when the eyes cry, the hands wipe the tears"... The book includes proverbs united by topics, as well as some aphorisms and phraseologisms defined in the Japanese tradition as proverbs. For those wishing to practice in Japanese, all variants of spelling proverbs are presented - in Japanese using hieroglyphs, hiragana signs, Latin transcription, translation and Russian analogue. The book is intended for students of Japanese and interested in Japanese culture. It can also be useful to Japanese specialists.