“It’s easy to say, ‘Develop your individuality’, but it takes 20 to 30 years to achieve it.”

— Kakiemon

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Source: Modern Kakiemon wares - the dignity of yohaku (blank space) https://brill.com/view/journals/vvak/40/4/article-p22_22.xml Brill Publishers

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