Provenance: acquired in Shanghai in the 1930's, and thence by descent Contact Bonhams London Description: LOT 180▲ A PAIR OF CINNABAR LACQ ...

Rare Pair of Slab I Coffee Tables by GeorgeNakashima is available at 20th Century Furniture Tribal and Contemporary Art - ...

Only under those conditions is urushiol, a lipid that makes up a large portion of Japanese lacquer, oxidatively polymerized by laccase. This is followed by an auto-oxidation reaction that slowly ...

There is a newfound love of vintage ... a table that I thought was plaster and it turned out to be made from Styrofoam,' ...

Twentieth-century design icons - like the Eames chair and Saarinen tulip table - have always been trend-proof, but every so ...

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The co-founder of the Japanese Red Army militant group has been freed from prison after serving 20 years for her part in a 1974 embassy siege. Fusako Shigenobu, 76, had evaded capture for decades ...

Fusako Shigenobu, leader of the Japanese Red Army terrorist group that went on an international hijacking and kidnapping spree about a half century ago, will be released from prison on May 28.

NPB pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano is heading to the MLB after his Japanese career, per Jeff Passan, and the Boston Red Sox might want to be contenders for him. The 34-year-old ace has pitched for the ...

There was talent on display, and that talent had good moments all season, but no one proved to be the stopper the Red Sox needed when the chips were on the table. An ace would solve a lot of the ...