"He came over and showed me the vase, and I said something a bit dismissive like 'very pretty.' 'No, look at the base!' he ...
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The word suggests the vase held fragrant oil used during Catholic Mass, and likely for a very important person. The item is owned by a family that lives in the Sotome district, where Japanese ...
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AMA, Aichi Prefecture--Yuuki Tamura, the fifth-generation proprietor of a long-established cloisonne ware studio here, worries deeply about the future of the traditional craft, particularly a ...