EditorialYasunori Iwahashi, who manages the Pearl Research Institute at the Mikimoto Tatoku Pearl Farm in Shima, Japan, April 26, 2023. (Andrew Faulk/The New York Times)
EditorialYasunori Iwahashi, who manages the Pearl Research Institute at the Mikimoto Tatoku Pearl Farm in Shima, Japan, April 26, 2023. (Andrew Faulk/The New York Times)
EditorialYasunori Iwahashi, who manages the Pearl Research Institute at the Mikimoto Tatoku Pearl Farm in Shima, Japan, April 26, 2023. (Andrew Faulk/The New York Times)
EditorialHand guard, Oval tsuba with raised edge, on the front in iris-taka-zogan and deepening relief Chokaro Sennin who lets his horse come out of his pocket, at the rear a dead tree near a rock, signed 'nukagawa yasunori'., Nukagawa Yasunori, Japan, 1725 - 1...