ENGLISH The Little Stories Lurking Within the Vessels: The World of Kutani Ware as Depicted by Kazuyoshi Kitamura
Owls, rabbits and whales come to life, leaping and dancing across...
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ENGLISH Infusing Tradition with Her Own Style―Mako Nakatani Explores the Potential of Akae-Sodai
Mako Nakatani is a ceramic painter who pursues her own unique sty...
ENGLISH Learning from Nature, Carrying On the Legacy―The Form of Tradition as Seen by Yasoichi Tokuda, Fourth-Generation Master
‘Tokuda Yasoichi’ is one of the most renowned names in Kutani war...
ENGLISH Carrying on a century-old legacy and passing it on to the next—Kaori Yamada’s perspective on the beauty and passage of time in bonsai
Seikōen is a long-established bonsai nursery with a history spann...
ENGLISH A Story That Ends Not Even in Decay: The Aesthetics of Regeneration Presented by Tatsu Suzuki
Trunks and branches that have marked the passage of decades, and ...
COLUMN Tradition is a continuous process of innovation―Kōtarō Nishibori forging the future of Kyoto Japanese umbrellas
In Kyoto, the thousand-year-old capital, a single Japanese umbrel...
ENGLISH Inheriting and Unfolding Landscapes: Mikiko Kawai’s Vision of “Life with Japanese Umbrellas”
The culture of Japanese umbrellas in Gifu, nurtured alongside the...
ENGLISH Connecting a Fading Culture: Tabito Kobayashi’s Vision for the Future of Japanese Umbrellas
Tabito Kobayashi, a craftsman who dedicates months to completing ...
ENGLISH Beauty that Blends into Daily Life: Masatsugu Ito’s Fusuma Paintings Unfold Spatial Art
Painter Masatsugu Ito pursues the spatial art of fusuma paintings...
ENGLISH Lines Run Beyond Borders──Hideki Kimura Continues to Paint the “Energy of Life”
Artist Hideki Kimura depicts the vitality of plants and animals t...