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How The Craft of Kawai Kanjirō Teaches Us to Find Beauty in the Unknown

On the 100th anniversary of the Japanese mingei movement, New York’s Japan Society puts on the first U.S. retrospective of the folk potter and Living National Treasure.

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An Exhibition Celebrates 50 Years of the Japan Society Building and Centuries of Craftsmanship

When Practice Becomes Form: Carpentry Tools from Japan showcases the invisible structures that underlie traditional building.