

Michigan Talks Japan podcast
For a recent Michigan Talks Japan podcast, University of Michigan Professor Allison Alexy talked with Professor Meghen Jones. The conversation centers on her new book Ceramics and Modernity in Japan co-edited with Louise Allison Cort and an exhibition she is co-curating about the tea bowl in Japan and beyond. Topics of discussion include: genres and styles of Japanese ceramics such as raku, shino, and oribe; wabi aesthetics; tea bowls in art and use; the influence of Japanese