This content was paid for by L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts and produced in partnership with the Financial Times Commercial department. A rare opportunity to try an ancient Japanese craft. L’ÉCOLE, ...

This week, the Metropolitan Museum of Art opened a new exhibition in its Japanese wing, which focuses on the decorative arts of Kyoto. Titled "Kyoto: Capital of Artistic Imagination," the show is a ...

The ancient craft of urushi, or Japanese lacquerware, is one of Asia’s oldest artistic traditions. Evidence for the use of lacquer – a tree sap used to coat and decorate objects like boxes, bowls and ...

Onihira Keiji draws inspiration from trial and error. The Japanese urushi (lacquer) artist is motivated by his mistakes and the lessons he learns from them. “There ...