Designed by Edward Luper, 'The Pirates Treasure', blue and white porcelain brushpot, 2026 Sometimes, an encounter with an old object can lead somewhere quite unexpected. My LEGO pirate brushpot began with a business trip to Stockholm, a childhood memory, and one of my favourite pieces of Japanese porcelain. An unexpected discovery in Stockholm During a business trip to Stockholm, I visited the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities. The museum was closed to the public at the time,

I had long wanted to make woodblock prints, yet the path towards them felt distant. The craft demands years, and the system that once sustained it no longer quite exists. Faced with this gap, I began to consider another route, one that might preserve something of the process, while quietly altering its means.

Komura Settai, Illustration for the novel, Edo Yakusha by Kunieda Kanji On patterns, poetry, and the art of subtle emotion In a certain...

Shop front, Tokyo Many years ago, a friend asked me why I collect. Why was it important? At the time, I didn’t have a clear answer. But...

I longed to experience the Edo period more deeply by hiking the Nakasendo and feeling a closer connection to Hiroshige and Hokusai.

I want to share with you a work of art you might not be so familiar with. Goethe once made a comment about minor artists and their place...

In Edo (old Tokyo), there was a distinctive tradition of naming trees based on their age or unique shapes. Pine trees, known for their...