For more than a century, an 8-foot Japanese Meiji-era vase sat as the huge centerpiece of the dining room at Spenger’s Fish Grotto in Berkeley. Likely unknown to most diners, the vase is considered ...

Many collectors have told me that they find something soothing about learning the story of where and when their treasures were created, as those threads show a connection to the past; a reminder that ...

Satsuma pottery is from Japan. It was made in the 1860s and was sometimes purchased by American visitors to Japan and brought home. During World War I, American housewives who enjoyed hand-painting ...

Appraisal: Japanese Mixed-Metal Vases, ca. 1900, from Baton Rouge Hour 3. Check out Robert Waterhouse's appraisal of Japanese mixed-metal vases, ca. 1900, in Baton Rouge Hour 3.

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From origami to kintsugi, Japanese crafting has a way of transforming the everyday into something really special. In flower arranging, there’s the centuries-old art of ikebana. The term, which means ...