Searching all of Japan for handcrafted items that express its heart and soul, our proprietor, KASHIYUKA, presents ...

Artisans at Tohoku Kogei Co., a Japanese lacquerware producer based in Sendai’s Aoba Ward, coated each helmet with Japanese lacquer and dye. Tamamushinuri is believed to have been developed for ...

An artist in Tokyo is mending ceramics that were broken in the Noto Peninsula Earthquake for free. Using the traditional ...

Japan Traditional Crafts Ginza Artisan's Street National will be held for the third consecutive year at Matsuya Ginza, Tokyo, ...

Shikkoku,” which uses the character for “lacquer” and means “jet black,” is the perfect word to describe the deep and ...

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Objects made from unexpected materials such as bandages, soil, sawdust and fallen leaves go on display May 30 at the ...

Enter the delicate world of maki-e artistry, where a 70-year-old craftsman intricately draws cherry blossoms with meticulous skill and patience. Maki-e, a traditional Japanese technique, involves ...

India’s Tryst with Cubism, features over a hundred such works by 40 artists, including Gaganendranath Tagore, Nandalal Bose, ...

For nearly 700 years, samurai were Japan’s social elite, skilled not only in combat but also in politics and the courtly arts. To equip these warriors in accordance with their status required an ...