[...] From our new location in New York City I am delighted to present our
second catalog, which features a carefully chosen
selection from my five specialties within Japanese
art: screens, paintings, bamboo baskets, ceramics
and lacquers. All items presented here were made,
not with export in mind, but rather for the domestic
market and in accordance with Japanese taste and
aesthetics. Most of the objects are connected with
one or more of the four classical arts: the ways of
tea, flowers, calligraphy, and incense (Sadō, Kadō,
Shodō, and Kō dō ). [...]
[...] A year has passed since we had the privilege of introducing
the art of Yamazaki Mushū to the West at the 2006 International
Asian Art Fair in New York. Since then, his fine aesthetic
sense and his attention to detail have found wide admiration
internationally.
This year's selection, spanning a decade of his work from 1996
to 2006, shows his early mastery and illustrates his continued
dedication to making art objects of the highest quality by
traditional methods using the finest materials. Coming from an
area with a long heritage in lacquer art and inspired by earlier
artists, Mushū builds on these traditions and adds surprising
and innovative details. [...]
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