Japan
Bizenyaki
Bizen is one of Japan's six most famous kilns with a history going back some one thousand years to the Heian period (794-1185) when...
Edo Karakami (paper work)
The word “karakami” originally referred to a type of craft paper that originated in the Tang Dynasty of ancient China. The Japanese origin of...
Osaka Kongo Sudare (bamboo blinds)
The making of bamboo blinds precedes the Heian period (794-1185). Blinds of this kind were first used as a screen inside the Imperial Palace...
Izumo Ishidoro (stone lanterns)
Izumo Ishidoro stone lanterns have been made for many hundreds of years from a local sandstone that was formed from volcanic ash. During the...