Pieces of Old Imari porcelain serve as reminders of the tragedy of war and reviving them symbolizes the hope for world peace.

A person assembles fragments to restore a broken Old Imari porcelain work. | ROIP JAPAN
A person assembles fragments to restore a broken Old Imari porcelain work. | ROIP JAPAN

A number of the Old Imari porcelain works, which were exported in the 17th century and preserved at Loosdorf Castle in Austria, will return to their home country of Japan to be displayed at the Okura Museum of Art in Tokyo’s Minato Ward, from Nov. 3 to Jan. 24.