Fascinating History of Lacquer: Lacquer (URISHI) is a living substance - it is natural tree sap - carefully collected from Urushi trees (a type of Sumac, which is related to poison oak and ivy).It has been...
A few weeks ago a well known ebay seller listed what he described as a perfectly mint 1930’s Platinum maki-e pen. The final bid was nearly $2,000. The pen was signed by Rosui, one of Platinum’s main artists in...
If you are looking to buy a well made shakuhachi bamboo flute as it is understood by experienced players in Japan, you should approach your search as if you were going to buy a car.First, consider your...