ecrets and discoveries, until atone time the inhabitants of Shippo Mura turnedout no less than seventy per cent, of the totalcloisonne enamels produced in Japan. But nearlyall the kilns in Toshima are now idle and theirworkshops closed, while the annual output ofJapanese cloisonne has dwindled…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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