(L): Fujino Sachiko (b. 1950), Imagery ’24-4, 2024, stoneware sculpture with white matte airbrushed glaze and accents of light and dark gray in interior, 19 3/4 x 15 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.; (R): Futamura Yoshimi (b. 1959), Kaen; Flame, glazed stoneware with porcelain, 2025, 21 x 16 5/8 x 17 1/4 in.; Courtesy Joan B Mirviss LTD

Begin your weekend immersed in the extraordinary treasures of Asian art on day three of Asia Week New York Autumn 2025! Enjoy special gallery hours, exceptional exhibitions, and auction previews, along with today’s highlight events—tours at Christie’s, a thought-provoking panel discussion, a captivating artist demonstration, and an enchanting performance. Learn more below!

12 gallery exhibitions are open in-person today:

• • Alisan Fine Arts
  • Ralph M. Chait Galleries, Inc.
  • Dai Ichi Arts, Ltd
  • Fu Qiumeng Fine Art
  • Ippodo Gallery
  • Joan B Mirviss LTD
  • Onishi Gallery
  • Scholten Japanese Art (appointments appreciated)
  • Seizan Gallery
  • TAI Modern
  • Thomsen Gallery
  • Zetterquist Galleries (appointments appreciated)
  • The Art of Japan, Egenolf Gallery Japanese Prints, and Hiroshi Yanagi Oriental Art are live with their online exhibitions.

TODAY’S FEATURED EVENTS

Christie’s – Guided Tours, 11am–12pm and 3–4pm
With Robert D. Mowry, Christie’s Senior Consultant, Alan J. Dworsky Curator of Chinese Art Emeritus, Harvard Art Museums
20 Rockefeller Plaza

Onishi Gallery – KOGEI and the International Art Market Panel Discussion, 3–4pm
With David Norman, Jill Newhouse and gallery owner Nana Onishi
16 East 79th Street

Fu Qiumeng Fine Art – Artist Talk & Demonstration, 3:30–5:30pm
With Fung Ming-Chip
65 East 80th Street

Asia Society – Papermoon Puppet Theatre, 3-4:30pm (ticketed event)
Puno, Sewing Memories
725 Park Avenue

Bonhams, Christie’s, Doyle, Freeman’s | Hindman , Heritage Auctions and Sotheby’s are all holding auction viewings today.

Bonhams and Christie’s online auctions are open for bidding today.

Blue and White Charger with Leaping Deer, Le-So Dynasties, 15th–16th c. AD, Vietnam, Diameter: 33.4 cm; Courtesy Zetterquist Galleries

Leap into Day 2 of Asia Week New York Autumn 2025 with newly opened gallery exhibitions, additional auction previews, and exciting events taking place throughout the city and beyond. Discover them all below!

12 gallery exhibitions are open in-person today:

• Alisan Fine Arts
• Ralph M. Chait Galleries, Inc.
• Dai Ichi Arts, Ltd
• Fu Qiumeng Fine Art
• Ippodo Gallery
• Joan B Mirviss LTD
• Onishi Gallery
• Scholten Japanese Art
• Seizan Gallery
• TAI Modern
• Thomsen Gallery
• Zetterquist Galleries
• The Art of Japan, Egenolf Gallery Japanese Prints, and Hiroshi Yanagi Oriental Art are live with their online exhibitions.

TODAY’S FEATURED EVENTS

Bonhams, Christie’s, Doyle, Freeman’s | Hindman , Heritage Auctions and Sotheby’s are all holding auction viewings today.

Bonhams and Christie’s online auctions are open for bidding today.

China Institute – Lunch and Learn Online Session, 12-1pm (kindly register)
Discover the Guqin
Virtual

Asia Society– Papermoon Puppet Theatre, 7:30-9pm (ticketed event)
Puno, Sewing Memories
725 Park Avenue

Keisai Eisen (1790-1848), Perspective Picture of the Play Shibaraku at the Kabuki Theater (Uki-e Kabuki oshibai no zu), signed Eisen ga, with censor’s seal kiwame (approved), followed by the publisher’s information, kaizokubashi-dori sakamoto-cho, Kawaguchiya Uhei, ca. 1818-1830, oban yoko-e 9 1/2 x 14 3/4 in. (24 x 37.6 cm);  Courtesy Scholten Japanese Art

Asia Week New York is delighted to open Autumn 2025 with seventeen leading Asian art galleries and six powerhouse auction houses, presenting both in-person and online exhibitions!

The festivities begin today and continue through September 19.

Below you’ll find a list of today’s must-see openings, auction previews, and special events. We look forward to welcoming you to another vibrant fall season of superb Asian art!

10 gallery exhibitions are open in-person today:

• Alisan Fine Arts
• Ralph M. Chait Galleries, Inc.
• Dai Ichi Arts, Ltd
• Fu Qiumeng Fine Art
• Ippodo Gallery
• Joan B Mirviss LTD
• Onishi Gallery
• Scholten Japanese Art
• Seizan Gallery
• TAI Modern
• The Art of Japan, Egenolf Gallery Japanese Prints, and Hiroshi Yanagi Oriental Art are live with their online exhibitions.

TODAY’S FEATURED EVENTS

Bonhams and Heritage Auctions are holding auction viewings today.

Bonhams and Christie’s are holding online auctions today.

Dai Ichi Arts, Ltd – Private View & Opening Reception from 3-7pm
Mavericks: Three Masters of Modern Japanese Ceramics
18 East 64th Street, Suite 1F

Fu Qiumeng Fine Art – Opening Reception from 5-8pm
Shufa Essentials
65 East 80th Street

Ippodo Gallery – Artist Talk from 4-5pm with Opening Reception from 5-8pm (kindly RSVP to [email protected] or call (212) 967-4899
Koichiro Isezaki: Clay in Flow
35 N Moore Street

Onishi Gallery – Opening Reception from 6-8pm
KOGEI + Market
16 East 79th Street

Japan Society – Opening reception at 9pm for Japan Society Members only
Chiharu Shiota: Two Home Countries
333 East 47th Street

Philadelphia Museum of Art – Asian Art Tour from 1-2pm (free)
Krishna Reddy: The Movement of Life
Visions of the Land in Japan
2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway

Koichiro Isezaki Yō 孕, 2025, ceramic, H14 5/8 x W11 3/4 x D11 3/4 in. (H37 x W30 x D30 cm)

Koichiro Isezaki: Clay in Flow
September 11 – October 11, 2025
Artist Talk: Thursday, September 11, 4-5pm (kindly RSVP)
Opening Reception with Artist: Thursday, September 11, 5-8pm (kindly RSVP)
35 N Moore Street, NYC

Ippodo Gallery is honored to present the second New York solo exhibition of renowned Bizen ceramicist Koichiro Isezaki during this season of Asia Week Autumn 2025. Showcasing 50 of the artist’s works—including his iconic Yō (“conception”) series, alongside chawan (tea bowls), mizusashi (water jars), and hanaire (flower vases)—the exhibition highlights Isezaki’s ability to bridge timeless Bizen traditions with a contemporary language uniquely his own. From a distinguished lineage of Bizen potters who safeguarded the precious clay of Okayama, Isezaki continues the legacy while reimagining it for the present.

After debuting in New York during the pandemic, he will at last travel from Japan to join for this long-awaited opening on September 11. The evening will begin with an Artist Talk alongside his mentor, Jeff Shapiro, followed by a festive reception. RSVP to [email protected] to attend both events!

To learn more, click here.

Kawamoto Goro 河本五郎, Flower vessel with sometsuke (cobalt) bird motif drawings (detail), 1980’s, with signed wood box, stoneware, H27.9 × W27.9 × D21.5 cm

Mavericks: Three Masters of Modern Japanese Ceramics
September 11 – 19, 2025
Private View & Opening Reception: Thursday, September 11, 3-7pm (RSVP required)
Special Autumn 2025 Weekend Hours: Saturday, Sept 13 & Sunday, Sept 14, 1-5pm
18 East 64th Street, Ste 1F, NYC

Dai Ichi Arts, Ltd is honored to present a three person show of works by Kawamoto Goro, Koinuma Michio, and Tsuboshima Dohei on the occasion of Asia Week New York Autumn 2025.

Koinuma Michio, Tsuboshima Dohei, and Kawamoto Goro are three singular voices in Japanese ceramics, each celebrated for their technical virtuosity and expansive creative range. The three artists emerged during a time when the idea of a ceramicist was being challenged: by identifying themselves as individualistic artists, these three figures were part of a generation that elevated the vessel form into high art in Japan, expanding the ceramic category in the latter half of the 20th century.

What unites them is a distinct, shared spirit of innovation and an avant-garde sensibility grounded in a respect for time, history, and tradition. Both Koinuma Michio and Tsuboshima Dohei began their professional lives in the fields of finance and economics before turning to clay. Their ceramic works defy easy categorization. These are vessels that function as both sculptural forms and utilitarian objects, imbued with presence. Their sensitivity to material and form reflects an ongoing process of discovery shaped by a respect for historical precedent and Japanese craftsmanship.

They invite you to RSVP for the private view and opening reception on Thursday, September 11, and have extended their hours this weekend—so be sure to stop by!

To learn more and view the stunning works, click here.

Large Dish with Flowering Peony Design, Hizen ware, aode-Kokutani type; porcelain with over-glaze enamels, Japan, Edo period (1615−1868), ca. 1650, diameter: 14½ in. (36.5 cm)

Japanese Porcelain
September 15 – 20, 2025
17 East 76th Street, 3rd Fl, NYC

Sebastian Izzard LLC Asian Art is pleased to present an exhibition of Japanese ceramics made for the domestic market during this season of Asia Week Autumn 2025. These works were created in a competitive commercial environment for display and use in Japan’s kaiseki cuisine alongside the tea ceremony, reflecting the discipline and high technical standards of Edo-period Japanese artisanship.

The rise of domestic Japanese porcelain coincided with the peace established by Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543–1616), the founder of modern Japan. Peace after a century of war brought prosperity, literacy, and rising consumerism, with entrepreneurs commercializing Japanese culture in an optimistic, flamboyant style. Porcelain makers catered to a competitive, fashion-conscious elite of samurai overlords, wealthy temples, and successful merchants, producing bold, innovative designs unconstrained by export demands. Little known in the West, these domestic wares exemplify the genius of traditional Japanese design.

Discover the elegance and artistry of these stunning ceramics at the gallery, beginning Monday, September 15!

To learn more, click here.

Wang Mansheng, Golden Peaches 金桃, 2021, ink on newspaper, 19 x 12 in. (48.3 x 30.5 cm)

Shufa Essentials
September 11 – October 25, 2025
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 11, 5-8pm
Artist Talk & Demonstration: Saturday, September 13, 3:30-5:30pm
65 East 80th Street, NYC

Fu Qiumeng Fine Art is delighted to present Shufa Essentials 書之有法, an exhibition dedicated to the art of Shufa—commonly translated as “Chinese calligraphy”—during this Autumn 2025 season. Shufa is rooted in a different framework that is shaped by the unique nature of Chinese characters—logographs that are at once visual, phonetic, and ideographic. This foundation allows Shufa to unite language, philosophy, and artistic expression into a single art form. Perhaps the best translation is to embrace Shufa as its own term. In the hands of the artist, characters unfold not only as words but also as pure form, alive with cadence, rhythm, and energy.

For more than two thousand years, artists have used brush, ink, and paper not only as tools of writing but as instruments of expression. Every stroke is a trace of the artist’s presence—a line shaped by rhythm, vitality, and state of mind. With no erasures and no second chances, each mark preserves the immediacy of its making, a visible record of body and spirit joined in a single moment.

This exhibition highlights three principles at the heart of the tradition. The centered use of the brush channels balance and strength into every stroke. Handmade paper, unyielding yet responsive, registers each decision without disguise. And Qi—often described as breath or vital energy—animates the work, infusing it with rhythm, mood, and life.

Through selected works and interpretive guides, Shufa Essentials invites visitors to follow the artist’s hand, sense the flow of ink on paper, and encounter Shufa as one of China’s most profound and enduring artistic traditions—an art that is at once writing and image, continuity and expression, discipline and spirit.

Join them for the opening reception on September 11, and don’t forget to register for the special artist demonstration with Fung Ming Chip that Saturday afternoon! Learn more and RSVP here.

To learn more about the exhibition, click here.

Collapse / Rebirth II
September 11 – October, 2025
Special Autumn 2025 Weekend Hours: Saturday, Sept 13, 12-6pm
39 East 78th Street, Ste 401, NYC

In conjunction with Asia Week New York Autumn 2025, Joan B Mirviss LTD is thrilled to present Collapse / Rebirth II, the second conjoint solo exhibition by renowned female ceramists, Fujino Sachiko (b. 1950) and Futamura Yoshimi (b. 1959). While each artist creates works that balance organic spontaneity with deliberate control, their approaches could not be more distinct. In Fujino’s body of work, delicately ruffled, petal-like forms emerge from calculated and geometrical foundations. Futamura treats the surfaces of textured and crevassed biomorphic sculptures with porcelain slip, which she carefully manipulates into crackled striations that evoke an array of natural imagery.

Nearly a decade after the 2016 exhibition that first placed these artists in conversation, Collapse / Rebirth II provides an opportunity to experience these artists’ evolving approaches to clay as a medium of expression.

Fujino Sachiko (b. 1950) brings her background in textile design to her ceramic sculptures, which transition effortlessly from their structured, solid foundations to delicate forms that ripple and fold with the suppleness of cloth. She first found herself drawn to ceramics in the early 1980s after taking an introductory pottery class. This inspired her to train under Tsuboi Asuka (1932–2022), a pioneering female ceramist who herself often played with clay’s ability to evoke the fluidity of fabric. Over her career, Fujino’s ceramic forms have evolved in response to the artist’s own engagement with her material as she continues to explore the juxtaposition of organic and geometric elements.

A native of Nagoya, Futamura Yoshimi (b. 1959) first studied ceramics at the Seto School of Ceramics, where she trained in the region’s historical ceramic techniques. However, it was after moving to Paris in 1986 that she developed her unique technique and aesthetic. She applies porcelain slip to the surface of her powerful, roughly hewn forms before manipulating the clay from the inside in order to create her signature striated and crevassed surface texture.

They look forward to welcoming you to the gallery!

To learn more, click here.