The roots of much of Gail's any my aesthetics comes from three decades collecting and dealing in largely Japanese art. Japanese aesthetics embraced for centuries a wider range than any other culture, finding beauty in the ornate and intricate and the accidents of nature. Through the port of Imari, some of the finest and most distinctive ceramics came to west, Arita ware, copies of Ming and Ching porcelain, then the very distinctive, often asymetrical wares: Kakiemon, Nabeshima, Hirado, Ko-Kutani, Kyomizu, and later red Kutani and Satsuma.  An entirely different aesthetic, drawn from Korean wares, led to the wonderful Tea Ceremony pottery, Shigaraki, Bizen, Shino, Tamba, Taketori, Banko, local kilns and aritsts like Oribe, NInsei, Kenzan, and the potters of Raku ware.   Since my focus has changed and many of my rarer pieces have found new homes, I would also recommend checking with www.haigsofrochester.com/, or http://www.caroledavenport.com. To see an unsorted selection of our Japanese prints, click here.