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Bizen, part by part: no glaze, ten days of fire and the marks it leaves

By Porter Lang No glaze. That is the first fact about Bizen ware, and Wikipedia states it as the main […]

By Rafe Calder Brown glaze. Sometimes a little red. Wikipedia sums up the look of Mashikoyaki in those terms: simple

By Ines Keane The surface is the last thing to happen. What makes Wajima lacquerware what it is, according to

By Isla Quinn “Sold, hired out, or destroyed.” Three verbs, and a town agreed in 1971 that none of them

By Rafe Calder No preliminary drawing is made during the cutting. That is what the official crafts association says about

By Isla Quinn No dye. That is the point of Hakone yosegi-zaiku, a marquetry whose colours come from the woods

By Porter Lang Count the steps. Official craft pages disagree on how many it takes to make a Nambu iron

By Ines Keane A building can look like a bird. Japan’s government magazine Highlighting Japan says Himeji earned the nickname

By Porter Lang Most of Japan’s tea is steamed, not pan-fired. Start there. Wikipedia’s article on Japanese tea says sencha

By Rafe Calder Paper begins as a plant, and then as a vat of water. What happens between is the