Kintsugi

Kintsugi, the art of repairing with gold tells the story of the eighth Japanese shogun, Ashikaga Yoshimasa (1435-1490), of his tea cup and of how, breaking, it saw the birth of the Kintsugi technique.The first part of the book is about the tea ceremony, the ikebana, the Noh theatre, and about the drawing with black ink; the second part deals with the original Kintsugi technique, the materials, and the philosophy