The Early Exhibition and Publication of Persian Mīnāʾī and Lājvardīna Wares in Japan: 1915 to 1930

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This article examines the introduction of two specific types of medieval polychrome overglaze ceramic wares produced in Iran into the Japanese art market, primarily through the prism of publications and records of various exhibitions held in Osaka, Kyoto and Tokyo in the years between 1924 and 1930. The rise in interest in this material in Europe and North America is far better known, but the early period in Japan has yet to be studied in detail. This article examines the phenomenon, and aims to integrate it into the wider global picture.