Volume 12 opens with a haunting photo essay on the abandoned kilns and lathes of the Togatta region following the 2011 earthquake. Unlike previous volumes that glossed over disaster, Vol 12 dedicates 40 pages to the "lost lineages." It includes never-before-published interviews with the last apprentice of Master Yojiro Sato, who passed in 2022. For historians, this section is invaluable.
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