Japanese Decorative Arts
I have been Japanese decorative arts, including ceramics, enamels and metalwork were as influential in the West as the graphic arts. During the Meiji era, Japanese pottery was exported around the world. From a long history of making weapons for samurai, Japanese metalworkers had achieved an expressive range of colours by combining and finishing metal alloys. Japanese cloissoné enamel reached its "golden age" from 1890 to 1910, producing items more advanced than ever before.

















![UNNO KIYOSHI (1884-1956)
A HAKUDO [WHITE BRONZE] KORO [INCENSE BURNER]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66929f0d3330fb6b65edd0b6/d58a50fc-c5dd-4b37-8707-57062e47ce64/Japanese-Decorative-Arts-052.jpg)



![AN IMPRESSIVE CLOISONNÉ KORO [INCENSE BURNER], ATTRIBUTED TO THE HAYASHI KODENJI STUDIO, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66929f0d3330fb6b65edd0b6/a3a590b4-511d-4ab1-9590-b448a93d20ea/Japanese-Decorative-Arts-043.jpg)























![A Large Silver Bowl SIGNED WATANABE ZO AND SEALED JUNGIN [PURE SILVER], MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66929f0d3330fb6b65edd0b6/79612a47-c670-4cd0-891c-f264ba2081c2/Japanese-Decorative-Arts-019.jpg)



![A Cloisonné Vase MARK OF ANDO WORKSHOP AND STAMPED JUNGIN [PURE SILVER], SHOWA PERIOD (20TH CENTURY)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66929f0d3330fb6b65edd0b6/0c4a250b-0588-4503-a026-bfd47d45bedd/Japanese-Decorative-Arts-011.jpg)
![A Chawan [Tea Bowl] SETO WARE, EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66929f0d3330fb6b65edd0b6/289f9fed-6d2b-4b12-9389-9ed3ad5a9c2e/Japanese-Decorative-Arts-023.jpg)
![A Japanese Silver Vase SIGNED IKOMA SEI [MADE BY IKOMA], JUNGIN [PURE SILVER], TAISHO PERIOD (20TH CENTURY)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66929f0d3330fb6b65edd0b6/6ca26b33-acf6-4c8a-ab6a-075f74846326/Japanese-Decorative-Arts-013.jpg)





![A Bronze Koro [Incense Burner] MUROMACHI-MOMOYAMA PERIOD (16TH CENTURY)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66929f0d3330fb6b65edd0b6/5a551d67-2a6e-4adc-98c3-0005091f8651/Japanese-Decorative-Arts-2.jpg)






![A Kyogen Mask of Tobi [Black Kite], EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66929f0d3330fb6b65edd0b6/6ae6b0c4-9f8c-499d-af70-56e61f11242c/A+Kyogen+Mask+of+Tobi+%5BBlack+Kite%5D.jpg)