Harry Packard: The Infinite Artistry of Japanese Ceramics (Impressions Special Issue, 2026)
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In This Issue
Julia Meech
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Harry G. C. Packard (1914–1991): An Illustrated Timeline
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Harry Packard’s Japanese Pots
Louise Allison Cort
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Prisms for the Packard Ceramics: A Half-Century of Archaeological Discovery
Richard Wilson
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Harry Packard’s Four-legged Jar
Richard L. Mellott
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Postscript: The Packard Jar and Sanage Ware
Monika Bincsik
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Harry Packard’s Early Imari Ceramics and His Old Takeo Bottle
Nishida Hiroko
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For the Elite: Nabeshima Ware
Monika Bincsik
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Golden Joinery Reimagined: Yeesookyung’s Translated Vases on View at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Meghen Jones
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Choko: The Versatile Japanese Cup
Monika Bincsik
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It’s Beautiful, but Can I Eat Off It? Ceramics in the Packard Collection
Eric C. Rath
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Sera Yōsuke: A Man Who Loved Imari
Aoyagi Keisuke
Voices From the Past
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Memories of Early Imari (1976)
Harry G. C. Packard
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Europe: A Treasure Trove of Japanese Porcelain (1976)
Harry G. C. Packard
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Haniwa (1976)
Harry G. C. Packard
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Selected Packard Jōmon Figures
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Selling Jōmon and Haniwa Sculpture: Letters from Harry Packard to Nathan V. Hammer (1960)
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The Incident of Early Imari Forgeries (1976)
Harry G. C. Packard
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Making Forgeries: The Case of Yokoishi Junkichi (1984)
Shirasu Masako (1910–1998)
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The Beauty of Simple Things: The Japanese Choko Cup (1954)
Yanagi Sōetsu (1889–1961)
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My Shigaraki (1965)
Domon Ken (1909–1990)
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On Shigaraki Jars and Domon Ken (1989)
Kondō Kingo (1921–2000)
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