Thatched roofs were once a common sight in the Japanese countryside, but they started to disappear in the 1950s, when people began migrating en masse to the cities. You can still see them in ...

43 x 23 x 23 cm. (16.9 x 9.1 x 9.1 in.) ...

Any seismic activity of an intensity of 3 or higher on the Japanese scale that has occurred in the past 30 days is noted here.

By this time, Japanese influence on decoration has morphed from the kakiemon influence of the earliest years into the brightly coloured and richly patterned Imari influenced designs. By the 1770s ...