Dip into the History of Japanese Pottery and Experience it Firsthand
Pottery is one of Japan’s oldest cultural traditions, stretching back to at least the Jomon period (c. 13,000–300 BCE). Today, there are more...
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Pottery is one of Japan’s oldest cultural traditions, stretching back to at least the Jomon period (c. 13,000–300 BCE). Today, there are more...
For more than 500 years, pottery in Japan has found a new lease of life through kintsugi, the traditional Japanese art form of sealing cracks with lacquer and gold powder.
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