What is Imari Ware?
Porcelain production is said to have started in this area in the 1610s, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s army marched to Korea and Nabeshima Naomou brought back Ri Sanpei, who discovered ceramic stones used to make porcelain [...]
The design of Imari ware
Imari ware designs are so varied that they are never boring to look at, and are full of rich imagination and humour.Many of these designs may appear at first glance to be simple patterns or [...]
Imari ware Soba cup
About Imari ware Soba cup Among Imari ware ceramics, soba cup (buckwheat noodle cups) are particularly popular, and the reason is that they have a wide variety of designs, making them fun to collect, Unlike [...]
Notice of business days during the year-end and New Year holidays
Our Nagahama store will be closed from December 26th to January 2nd. Our Tokyo store will be closed from December 30th to January 7th. Please note that online orders will not be accepted during the [...]
About buying your antiques
At Antique Nishikawa, we offer free appraisals via Line or online photos. The difficult thing about determining the value of antique is that even if it is dirty, cracked, or rusty, and you wonder if [...]