Potters in the Japanese town of Shigaraki have been producing sturdy earthenware for more than 700 years – reddish pots, bowls and vessels made from the high-quality, iron-rich clay found in the ...
Prized pieces held by the Okada Museum of Art in Japan are being auctioned to settle a $50 million legal bill owed by the ...
The exhibition “Cornucopia: Ceramics from Southern Japan” includes more than 100 porcelain and stoneware vessels that vividly represent an era of highly diverse and accomplished ceramic production in ...
For more than 1,300 years, the Japanese ceramics industry has made a home here in the low hills that provide high-quality clay and ideal sites for kilns. During Japan’s long middle ages, craftsmen ...
The history of ceramics in Japan is intrinsically intertwined with cultural exchange. Like green tea, soba and udon noodles, the birthplace of Japanese ceramics is Kyushu, a historical hub of ...
30 Designer Bowls at The Art of the Ramen Bowl Exhibition What goes into a perfect bowl of ramen? JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles, a Japanese cultural destination in Hollywood, answers this question with its ...
Takashi Murakami is on a roll. His next venture is curating an exhibition in New York featuring three local artists. We met up with the ceramicists to chat about their work and upcoming show. Last ...
Japanese Ambassador to Jordan Asari Hideki attended the handover ceremony of pottery production equipment at Al Bawadi Company for Development and Training in Amman, which was supported through ...
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 ...