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The Unknown Master of Restoration

Mayuyama Koji has honed his skills as an art restorer to where once damaged artifacts shine on more brightly while revealing no traces of being

2022-10-01 No Comments

Chinese Character

Cassandra’s guqin (夜雷)

Today’s ZiYo guqin showcase is this finely handcrafted guqin owned by our student, Cassandra, 夜雷 (Night Thunder)–Cassandra is a musician with a Bachelor’s degree in

2021-03-01 No Comments

HISTORY OF IDEAS – Wabi-sabi

At the heart of Japanese philosophy and wisdom lies a concept called ‘wabi-sabi’; a term which denotes a commitment to the everyday, the melancholic, the

2021-01-29 No Comments

The No.1 National Treasure of China – Tang Dynasty Temple

In the mid-summer of 1937, Laing Sicheng and Lin Huiyin returned to China after studying abroad. They explored Wutaishan, Shanxi and discovered a secluded ancient

2018-10-22 No Comments

Tea ceremony home service for a tofu workshop

25/ August/ 2018

Last week ZIYO was invited to set up a tea ceremony at an artist’s studio where the artist Ting Cheng and a tofu maker Ms. Lu cooperated together to hold a tofu workshop.

2018-08-28 No Comments

Taiwanese Tea Master – Jie Zhi Zhang: You will only notice those subtle changes when you have inner peace

Today I would like to share a video about the Taiwanese tea master Jie Zhi Zhang (解致璋). Like all tea masters, Ms. Jie also has

2018-08-10 No Comments

Chinese Craft

Unboxing an electronic incense censer

New Acquisition- ZIYO recently purchased an electronic incense censer from Taobao, and it finally arrived this week. An incense censer is one of the tools (kōdōgu 香道具) used

2018-07-20 No Comments

Japanese Textile Technique “Sashiko”

According to Wikipedia: “Sashiko (刺し子, literally “little stabs” or “little pierce”) is a form of decorative reinforcement stitching (or functional embroidery) from Japan that started

2018-04-12 No Comments