Our collection includes antique furniture (such as tansu,) antique through contemporary pottery from Japan, SE Asia, and America; folk textiles, woodblock prints, and other "komingu" (daily use items.) Contemporary pottery, prints, and other works are made by craftspeople inspired by Mingei, as well as wabi-sabi philosophy and aesthetics. We also retail a wide variety of Japanese tea and teawares, and promote tea education, through our Charaku Fine Japanese Tea website, www.charaku-tea.com.
Monday, March 21, 2005
Kokeshi, Showroom(March '05)
Some more examples of traditional kokeshi. These are mostly from Yamagata, plus one each from Aomori and Fukushima Prefectures.
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