Yanagi: A Family of Art Dealers in Kyoto
Impressions Special Issue (2025)
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Preface
Julia Meech
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On Failure and Success
Yanagi Takashi in Bessatsu Taiyō (Winter 1990). Republished with permission of Heibonsha, Tokyo
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Yanagi Takashi: Bio in Brief
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Yanagi Takashi in Conversation with Aoyagi Keisuke (2007).
Excerpted with permission from Aoyagi Keisuke; photos courtesy of Shinchōsha
A Stone Pagoda and a Stone Buddha / A Ko-Kutani Vase and Landscapes by Gyokudō / Colored Dishes by Kenzan / A Kofun-period Sword and a Shigaraki “Crouching Pot”/ A Gilt-bronze Five-element Pagoda and a Rock-crystal Pagoda / A Negoro Water Kettle and a Negoro Ritual Sake Bottle / A Sculpture of Zaō Gongen and an Embroidery of the Lotus Sutra / An Earthenware Bowl with an Ink Drawing of a Face and a Sue Medicine Jar, or Urn / A Magatama / About Shigaraki Ware / A Calligraphy by Hakuin and a Shino Teabowl
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Yanagi Takashi: An Interview Cut Short (2018)
Interviewed by Melissa M. Rinne
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Yanagi Takashi: Thirteen Personal Tributes
A Memorable First Visit / Peggy Danziger
A Person of Culture / Louise Allison Cort
. . . with a Little Help from My Friends . . . / Richard Mellott
Heartwarming Generosity / Samuel C. Morse
The Studious Dealer / Yukio Lippit
A Classroom Like No Other / Kobayashi Tadashi
Filling the Gaps at the Nara National Museum / Naitō Sakae
A Faux Pas / Cheney Cowles
Always at Another Level / Paul Berry
An Oasis in Kyoto / Howard and Mary Ann Rogers
Meeting in Boston / Judith Dowling
Something Special / Ann Yonemura
Snowflakes / Amemiya Toshiko
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Memorable Works from Yanagi Takashi
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Yanagi Kōichi (1965–2022): Nothing but the Best (2019)
Always Looking / Anne Nishimura Morse and Samuel C. Morse
New Year’s Tea / Philip K. Hafferty
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Yanagi Kōji: Next Chapter (2022)
Interviewed by Melissa M. Rinne
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Yanagi Shigehiko and His Brothers: A Collector’s Appreciation
Robert Feinberg
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Overwhelmed by a Yanagi
Julia Meech
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My Affection for Two of the Yanagi Brothers
James Freeman
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A Few Teasures from Yanagi Shigehiko and Yanagi Hiroshi
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Yanagi Shigeyuki: Beware of Lucky Breaks (2024)
Interviewed by Amemiya Toshiko
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Yanagi Kunio’s Favorite Neighborhood: Shinmonzen Street (1995)
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Yanagi Tomoo: Second Generation on Shinmonzen (2023)
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Imadegawa Tomoki: Love the Art More than Money (2023)
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Contributors