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Lacquer tea caddy crafted by national living treasure, Ryozo Kawakita
Suiseki--the Japanese art of viewing rocks specially selected. Note the handcrafted wooden base shaped to fit the rock.
Akaraku Chawan, commonly called "Kaga Kouetsu" by Hon-ami Kouetsu, made in early Edo period
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La boîte à thé ‘Yokubo’ a été conçue pour offrir une conservation optimale du thé. Recouverte artisanalement d’un papier washi importé du Japon, cette boîte à thé apportera une touche traditionnelle à vos dégustations de thé. Plus qu’une simple boîte à thé, le soin particulier que nous apportons à la finition de celle-ci en fait un véritable objet de décoration.
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A stone lantern. It'd be cool if I could actually get them to light up at night! It'd be even cooler if I had one.
En butik bokförde debet och kredit i dessa räkneböcker från 1950-talet, köpta i Japan.
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matcha tea service set - beautiful and affordable from Japan
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Chiune Sugihara was a Japanese diplomat who served as Vice-Consul for the Japanese Empire in Lithuania. During 1940, when the Soviets invaded Lithuania, Sugihara issued about 6,000 exit visas to thousands of Jews desperate to get out (at the time, one visa could cover an entire family). He signed visas through his last night in the country, even until the last moment on the train, throwing them out the window to anyone who could catch one. His actions, although against Japanese policy, saved over 10,000 Jews and 40,000 of their descendants are alive today because of it. After being sacked by the Japanese government he took a number of odd jobs, including one in Siberia Russia until he died in 1986. He is honored as Righteous among the Nations by the State of Israel.
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“When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold. They believe that when something’s suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful.” -Babara Bloom #kintsugi
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Waiting for the Moon, 1926, Courtesy of the Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art Uemura Shōen
Inkstone box, 16th century (Muromachi period) and Freer/Sackler Gallery
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A Wonderful little book with a lot of insight into Japanese culture. Can be read and re-read! Well worth your 10$. Price 10.88$
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Page from the Ishiyama-gire (dispersed volumes of the Anthology of the Thirty-Six Poets) Poet: Ki no Tsurayuki early 12th century Heian period
Traditional Japanese door--look at that wood color and grain!!!
Kintsugi, the Japanese art of fixing broken ceramics with a lacquer resin
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The spiritual aspect of Ikebana is considered very important to its practitioners. Silence is a must during practices of the art-of-ikebana. It is a time to appreciate things in nature that people often overlook because of their busy lives. One becomes more patient and tolerant of differences, not only in nature, but also in general. Ikebana can inspire to identify with beauty in all art forms. This is also the time when one feels closeness to nature which provides relaxation for the mind, body, and soul.
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Sam Pryor Indeed...and it's wonderful to see all the wabi-sabi style images on Pinterest. (I, personally, though completely attuned to the wabi-sabi aesthetic, would like the Japanese to please find another expression. Wabi-sabi always strikes me like higglety-piggledy, or tootie-fruitie or Humpty-Dumpty. An expression hardly in keeping with the aesthetic itself. Am I alone in feeling this is a huge issue in the world today? Just curious.)