Feb.21

Hiroshi Sugimoto: Making Stunning New Buildings

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Feb.26

Hiroshi Sugimoto: Making Stunning New Buildings

Feb.26

by Bianca Bosker from New York Times article, April 3, 2017 WITHOUT WARNING, the Japanese artist Hiroshi Sugim…

Feb.23

Kimono Refashioned

Feb.23

San Francisco Asian Art Museum explores impact of kimono on global fashion On view from Feb. 8 through May 5, …

Feb.20

Marie Kondo and the Life-Changing Magic of Japanese Soft Power

Feb.20

NEW YORK TIMES:   The tidying guru is heir to a long tradition: Japan marketing itself as spiritual foil to a …

Feb.17

Going the Tourist Route (for a few hours)

Feb.17 devapnek

Dianne recalls her spring 2018 visit to her second home, Kyoto. Today we merged with a few of the thousands of…

Feb.12

I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR BLUE

Feb.12

by Amy Katoh After 43 years of Blue & White, my eyes only see BLUE. And it may well be that BLUE is taking…

Feb.07

Enoura Observatory Part I – Glass Noh Theater Stage

Feb.07

by Steve Beimel Hiroshi Sugimoto inspires me. He is an artist of many forms and his exceptional eye and minima…

Feb.02

In Praise of Shadows

Feb.02

Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, the famous novelist, wrote an essay entitled In Praise of Shadows. He laments the passing…

Jan.25

STILL SPINNING

Jan.25 Amy Katoh

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Jan.24

Matsumoto Sachiko: Bringing Japanese Crafts to the World

Jan.24

Matsumoto Sachiko: Bringing Japanese Crafts to the World by Elle Murrell “The only thing I took to Canada from…

Jan.19

Kawai Kanjiro

Jan.19 Robert Yellin

Kawai Kanjiro By Robert Yellin In the wake of the great tide of industrialism in the early part of this centur…