Mr. Osako’s company employs two dozen potters and sells its distinctive pieces across Japan. While embracing his heritage, Mr ...

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 ...

Introduction: A Potter Who Follows the Fire Some careers start with a plan. Others start with a feeling. For Toronto-based ...

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 ...

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 ...

Archaeologists working on a Japanese island discovered an ancient shard of earthenware pottery featuring Kanji, the logographic characters that comprise the Japanese system of writing. It's one of the ...

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 ...

International Journal of Historical Archaeology, Vol. 25, No. 3, Special Issue: Charting the Emerging Field of Japanese Diaspora Archaeology (September 2021), pp. 718-739 (22 pages) Japanese Gulch ...

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 ...

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 ...