Explore Japanese Ceramics

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Mr. Robert Yellin
Mr. Robert Yellin has lived in Japan since 1984, and runs a Japanese pottery gallery in Mishima, Shizuoka. He is one of the pioneers to deal with Japanese pottery on the internet targeting overseas residents.
He imparts how attractive Japanese ceramics is through his eyes as a non-Japanese, [...]

by Robert Yellin　(04 August 2009)

Visiting Japan for many people usually turns out to be one the most memorable trips of a lifetime. Personally I’ve heard this time and time again, “the best trip of my life,” one person told me and another exclaimed, “I was overwhelmed by the beauty of the arts I saw, I [...]

by Robert Yellin　(19 August 2009)

ArtIn pottery, as with life, sometimes the most basic questions are the most important: Why is this so? Or, how did this happen? Or, what does this part mean?

What makes a fine Japanese pot is a question that many of you interested in visiting Japan’s ceramic towns may have asked before.

When [...]