Collector Guides

Collecting from Japan raises the same questions again and again. Is it genuine? What does this condition note mean? Will it work at home? What will customs charge? These guides answer them, category by category, with the same care we give the pieces themselves.

Buying with confidence

Maison pieces and jewellery

Rooms by model

Each room gathers every piece we hold from one design family, with its guide alongside.

Watches

Art, prints and painting

Buddhist and sacred art

Ceramics and lacquer

Tea, craft and the home

Dolls, masks and lucky charms

Samurai heritage

Textiles and garments

The Fashionista Bible

The reading room for Japanese fashion, from the Ginza Ivy boys of 1964 to the Paris founders and the Tokyo street. Every chapter ends in a collection.

Toys and pop culture

Cameras and audio

Motoring and sport

The Atlas of Japanese Golf

Thirteen articles on the makers, methods and shafts behind Japan's golf equipment, and why the world collects it. Every chapter ends in a room of clubs.

Playing golf in Japan

Nine guides for the visitor and the golfer who travels: the shape of the day, booking, cost, etiquette, courses, the calendar, onsen journeys, the makers’ road and a club finder.

The Tokyo Atlas and the Kominka Café

Twelve chapters and a map: the neighbourhoods of Tokyo and Osaka where street culture, collecting and craft meet, and the old houses of the Kanto plain that now serve coffee. Every date and figure comes from a cited page, and where accounts differ the chapter says so.

Reference tables

Directories of makers and brands

Glossaries

Care and keeping

Looking for the thinking behind these guides? Read The Japonista Thesis and explore The Japonista Universe.

Cannot find your question here? Write to the curator desk. We reply within one to three business days, and the best questions become the next guide.

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