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	<title>The Japan Times &#187; CERAMIC SCENE</title>
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		<title>The rewards of hardship</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Yellin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[One of Japan&#8217;s most influential 20th-century ceramic artists, Mineo Okabe, was relatively unknown &#8212; and certainly under-appreciated &#8212; during his lifetime. Today, though, potters take great inspiration from, and collectors go gaga over, the bold new forms and styles he created. It&#8217;s often said that a troubled life for an artist results in great triumphs. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New forms of old traditions at the Japan Society</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2006 00:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Yellin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past several years there have been quite a few exhibitions of Japanese ceramics overseas, but &#8220;Contemporary Clay/Japanese Ceramics for the New Century,&#8221; which is now at the Japan Society Gallery in New York, is the most brilliant by far. The bulk of the Japan Society Gallery exhibition consists of major works from Halsey [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crafting the tea demon in Hagi</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2006 00:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Yellin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Psychologist Abraham Maslow (1908-1970), in his theory of self-actualization, said, &#8220;If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.&#8221; At 96 years old, the grand potter of Hagi, Miwa Jusetsu (formerly Kyusetsu XI) is a very happy man indeed. A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking back on 10 years of yakimono</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2005 00:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Yellin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In the 10 years since this column started, much has changed in the worldwide perception of yakimono, Japanese ceramic art. I&#8217;m talking about in the contemporary realm, not antiques. The deep and wide world of contemporary Japanese ceramic art is as varied as there are stars in a brilliant winter night sky. Regional styles, up-and-coming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raku&#8217;s hand-held universes and the unseen pots of Kamoda</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2005 00:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Yellin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The phrase &#8220;contemplation of the everyday object as a mystical resource&#8221; graces the back of a catalog from the 1998 Raku exhibition that toured Europe. I say it over and over in my mind like a mantra, challenging myself to be aware of the things I live with and how they not only satisfy my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Porcelain horizons, modern monoliths</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2005 00:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Yellin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There are works of art that, maybe only once in our lifetime, may define an era and capture life&#8217;s boundless spirit with a beauty that both moves the heart and deepens the experience of existence. A few years back at the inaugural exhibition of the Musee Tomo in Tokyo, a sculpture by ceramic artist Suehara [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liberating Japan&#8217;s world of ceramics</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2005 00:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Yellin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In the ceramic world of early 20th-century Kyoto, Chinese ceramics, not Kyo-yaki (Kyoto-style pottery) were the rage of the day, and any potter worth a spin on the wheel strove to emulate them. In form and color, the ability to perfectly copy an ancient Sung dynasty vase was held up as the highest peak a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hidden gems in clay</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2005 00:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Yellin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Any new publication on Japanese ceramic art in English is a welcome addition to the few books on the subject. Like &#8220;Masterpieces of Modern Japanese Pottery from the Gisela Freudenberg Collection&#8221; currently showing in Frankfurt, Germany, many of these publications coincide with exhibitions and serve to educate the visitor on Japanese ceramic art information. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spectacular diversity of clay</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2005/05/18/arts/spectacular-diversity-of-clay/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=spectacular-diversity-of-clay</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2005 00:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Yellin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As noted in this column last month, Japanese ceramic art is finding a wider audience overseas. Many collectors search out the great potters of the past, such as Shoji Hamada (1894-1978) or Kanjiro Kawai (1890-1966), while more savvy collectors are looking to find out who&#8217;s hot in Japan today. One name many of these contemporary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Koreans who potted in Kyushu</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2005 00:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Yellin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan has long been fascinated with outside influences, and voraciously absorbs them in order to create something totally unique. This can be found in almost all aspects of Japanese industry and culture &#8212; and it is nowhere more apparent than in the pottery born in Kyushu. Of course, ancient kilns dating back to the dawn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asia week sees debut show of a famous celadon potter</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2005 00:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Yellin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[New Asian art becomes the talk of the town each spring &#8212; not just in Tokyo or Beijing &#8212; but in New York City where its annual Asia Week is now in full sway. Exhibitions abound in the Big Apple with some of the world&#8217;s top dealers offering their treasures to collectors who visit from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former prime minister&#8217;s pride of pots</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2005 00:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Yellin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;On a sunny day I go to the fields, and, when it rains, I read. Simple enough, isn&#8217;t it?&#8221; Sounds like the words of a cute obachan out in the countryside, but these are the words of former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa who now leads a quiet, secluded life. Hosokawa was the founder of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Female potter smashes tradition</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2005 00:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Yellin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In Japan it is quite rare to find women woodfire potters, who make their work in a traditional anagama (tunnel kiln) or noborigama (chambered climbing kiln). The reasons are historical, as women were not allowed to do such work for fear of insulting the kiln gods. This has changed to a degree, but there are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dreams for a perfectly set table come true</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2004 00:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Yellin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Everybody sets out to do something, and everybody does something, but no one does what he sets out to do,&#8221; said Irish author George Moore of the good intentions that abound in life. Setting an idea in motion is often more important than the end result, whether one creates products, ideas, or life itself. Kenkichi [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A journey through a landscape of clay</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2004 00:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Yellin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Kyoto ceramic artist Shin Fujihira creates works imbued with a childlike glee and an overflow of intelligent &#8212; rather than intellectual &#8212; energy that it&#8217;s impossible not to fall in love with. The man, as a favorite singer of mine says, &#8220;has sharpened his sense of wonder&#8221; to the point of supreme refinement. Fujihira has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mino for the modern world</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2004 00:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Yellin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The traditional Mino pottery styles of Shino, Oribe, Yellow Seto and Black Seto have been the pride of the Japanese ceramic world since the Momoyama Period (1568-1615). However, Mino pottery just isn&#8217;t what it used to be. Gone are its chadogu (tea wares) days of the 17th-19th century, when it was used to serve local [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National treasures of Bizen-ware pots</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2004 00:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Yellin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The city and pottery style of Bizen hold a special place in my heart; in a sense, Bizen was my &#8220;first love&#8221; in the ceramic world. When I was first given a Bizen yunomi (tea cup) twenty years ago I had never held something so earthy and &#8220;alive&#8221; &#8212; a vessel for use in daily [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan&#8217;s tea pots made by an American potter</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2004 00:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Yellin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The stereotypical image of a chadogu (Way of Tea) potter is of an elderly gentleman with a wispy beard and sharp piercing eyes, clad in a samue (artist&#8217;s working clothes). You would assume he had come from a family dating back generations and that his lineage was of supreme pride and importance in Japan&#8217;s tea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A diamond in the rough</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2004 00:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Yellin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[During the 20th century, Japanese studio pottery made by individuals came to the fore. Up until then, many potters worked for large kilns or were artisans involved in a production-line method; one man molded the pots, while another decorated and so on. The first real studio potter in Japan was Itaya Hazan (1872-1963), opening the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In the footsteps of a genius grandfather</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2004 00:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Yellin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The perks and pressures of being the child of someone famous can be enormous &#8212; doubly so if following in the family footsteps. In Japan, with its grand artistic traditions, this is not an uncommon phenomenon. The results, though, range across a broad spectrum, from glory (not always deserved &#8212; think of political dynasties), to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Emperor&#8217;s phantom porcelain set</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2004 00:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Yellin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Rarely, if ever, has a dinner set taken on such a mysterious aura as the maboroshi (phantom) porcelain service made by the late Yoshimichi Fujimoto (1919-92). Used only once and then, for reasons that remain enigmatic, hidden away for years, it comprises 230 pieces, enough to serve 15 diners. Only two, though, have ever used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pots that fired the passion of a magnate</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2004 00:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Yellin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Centuries ago, during a brief span of 30-40 years, one of the classic styles of Japanese pottery was born. From the end of the Momoyama Period into the early Edo Period (late 16th-early 17th centuries) nearly 300 kilns were producing wares the world knows as Karatsu-yaki. The essence of true Karatsu pottery is found in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hold your breath and turn the wheel</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2004 00:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Yellin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Kyoto. The name conjures up images of courtly nobles and stoic Zen temples &#8212; and yet so much more of Japan&#8217;s cultural identity was born in that ancient city. In the world of ceramics, one of its glorious contributions has been Kyo-yaki, or Kyoto pottery. Nonomura Ninsei is the father of Kyo-yaki. Ninsei was active [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You are always on my mind</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2004 00:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Yellin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Familiarity with an object or place can dampen the senses. It may not necessarily breed contempt, but it often leads to indifference. We see it all too frequently, as in the simple case of not visiting wonderful places in our own neighborhood, or the attitude folk here in Shizuoka have toward Mount Fuji: &#8220;Oh, that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New year musing of a &#8216;pottery poet&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2004 00:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Yellin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As this is the first Ceramic Scene of 2004, I&#8217;d like to wish all readers a Happy and Healthy New Year! Before I introduce some wonderful exhibitions, though, I&#8217;d like to share a few musings from this &#8220;pottery poet&#8221; &#8212; as a close friend likes to call me. There is a delightful Japanese expression about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Desperately seeking Kyusetsu</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2003 00:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Yellin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In the world of tea, certain inherited potters&#8217; names stand out as shining stars and their works are seen almost as brand-name goods. Just as shoppers hanker for a Gucci bag, a tea devotee covets certain chawan (tea bowls), say, from the Kaneshige kiln in Bizen. Possessing one of these is a status symbol, seeming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pottery to get on a plane for</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2003 00:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Yellin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Two unprecedented Japanese ceramic exhibitions now taking place far from Japan&#8217;s shores show just how influential are the artistic ripples from this grand potting paradise. Distanced by centuries, but just a dozen New York City blocks, are two of the greatest Japanese definers of clay: eclectic Furuta Oribe (1543/4-1615) is uptown, while earthy Isamu Noguchi [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soaring on the clay wings of inspiration</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2003 00:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Yellin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The mind and soul of a genius often seeks solace in cold, lonely places. In the intense stillness he works deep into the night like one possessed of a vision he knows will burn out with the coming rays of dawn. This could be a description of the brilliant world of the late potter Shoji [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hand-made objects have a soul of their own</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2003 00:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Yellin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve often been asked about my beginnings with Japanese pottery and how I got so deeply interested in the subject. Mostly, it was a philosophical and intuitive introduction that just struck a chord within me, as well as topics associated with Zen and the present. As with most inspiring art, words often interfere, and logic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The pot is mightier than the sword</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2003 00:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Yellin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As brutal as they may have been, many feudal Japanese warlords were passionate about the Way of Tea. In the midst of battle they would pause for a &#8220;tea break,&#8221; appreciating the fleeting moment and simple joys of tea &#8212; with bits of strategy tossed in. In fact, Japan&#8217;s greatest warlord, Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-98), was [...]]]></description>
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