People | WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN? Dec 31, 2018
Akira Satake: From handmade banjos to vases
by J.J. O'Donoghue
When the music industry became too stressful to bear in the U.S., Akira Satake found a new vocation in pottery.
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Style & Design | ON: DESIGN Dec 2, 2018
When the thought really counts
by Mio Yamada
This month's On: Design focuses on a few everyday items that offer much more than meets the naked eye.
Art Oct 30, 2018
Kichizaemon Raku reads between Wols' lines
by Matthew Larking
Kichizaemon Raku, the eldest son of Kakunyu XIV, succeeded to the role as the 15th head of the revered Raku family of tea bowl craftsmen in 1981, a tradition founded in the Momoyama Period (1573-1603) by Tanaka Chojiro (d. 1592). His latest exhibition, "Raku ...
People | WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN? Oct 6, 2018
Hitomi Hosono: Seeing it all in blue and white
by Rob Gilhooly
With her unusual approach to traditional sprig designs, Japanese ceramicist Hosono is helping change the face of Wedgwood.
Art Sep 2, 2018
Kazunori Hamana: Simple vessels of complex self-reflection
by Lily Crossley-Baxter
Inspired by a love for the craftsmanship of traditional items, Kazunori Hamana abandoned his vintage clothing business in Tokyo to make clay tsubo jars that have since won him critical acclaim.
People | WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN? Jun 9, 2018
Akiko Hirai: A natural ceramicist in London
by J.J. O'Donoghue
Learning crafts in the U.K. can give artists more room to breathe.
Style & Design | ON: DESIGN Mar 4, 2018
Classic ways to relax in style
by Mio Yamada
Style & Design | ON: DESIGN Dec 31, 2017
by Mio Yamada
Now that the festive season of partying and extravagance is over, now's the time to take a breather with a return to some of the calmer things in life — tea, coffee and books.
Books / Reviews Apr 29, 2017
by Stephen Mansfield
Art Apr 11, 2017
Kakiemon: Generations of beauty
by Alice Gordenker
There's still time to enjoy cherry blossoms. Through May 14, the Toguri Museum of Art in Tokyo is exhibiting a stunning new work by Sakaida Kakiemon XV, the current inheritor of one of the most famous names in Japanese porcelain. The very large lidded ...
Art / Openings In Tokyo Jan 3, 2017
'Sometsuke: Celebrating Four Centuries of Japanese Porcelain'
by Yuki Yamauchi
Jan. 7-Feb. 19 It is believed that Korean ceramist Yi Sam-pyeong, having traveled to Japan near the end of the 16th century, discovered kaolin white clay in Hizen Province (Saga Prefecture) and produced the first Japanese porcelain in 1616. Known as Hizen ware, or Imari ware, ...
Art Dec 20, 2016
Raku: A traditional contemporary art form
by Sachiko Tamashige
At the opening of "The Cosmos in a Tea Bowl: Transmitting a Secret Art Across Generations of the Raku Family" at The National Museum of Modern Art, in Kyoto, the current head of the Raku family, Kichizaemon XV (b. 1949), explained that the event ...