Stepping into Shirokuro, the new Japanese omakase restaurant in New York City, you'd be forgiven for thinking you stepped ...

Tea caddy, named Sakai Kokatatsuki, with red lacquer tray and scroll, China, Yuan dynasty, 1279–1368, brown stoneware with black iron glaze and ivory lid; lacquer; paper and silk, National Museum of ...

The “Sublime Samurai” could be its nickname, given the perfect balance in the white and red livery, alongside the black details. Sublime because it looked like art floating on the tarmac in ...