The guests left commenting not about the elaborate decorations they had seen but about the spiritual declarations they had witnessed.

The pottery was more developed with red washes and more varied forms and elaborate decorations, buildings were poorer with unplastered floors.

The increasingly elaborate decorations on harnesses and saddles of the samurai suggests the value accorded to these war horses.

In the 12th century sophisticated methods of inlaying were invented, allowing more elaborate decorations in different colours.

While these designs are often just very elaborate decorations, they are sometimes works of art that even depict a particular theme or a scene.