Explore Japanese Ceramics

Japanese pottery has been developing in close relation to other forms of Japanese culture, such as the tea ceremony which is often viewed as a synthetic form of Japanese art, bonsai as a garden based form of art in extreme artificiality, kaiseki as a demonstration of aesthetic harmony depicting the act of eating and the [...]

The Tea Ceremony
It is a common misconception that the Japanese tea ceremony is merely about preparing and enjoying tea in a certain ritualistic manner. The tea ceremony is a highly elaborate synthetic art involving different fields such as fine art, arts and crafts, poetry, Japanese paintings and calligraphy, Ikebana (Japanese flower arrangement), tea room architecture, [...]

Bonsai – Japanese Garden Art
Bonsai refers to a potted plant but it is not just cultivating plants and trees in a pot. Bonsai is a highly refined form of art and represents the dynamism of a natural landscape inside a tiny container. It is recognised as an art in which it is possible to create [...]