By TADAYUKI ITO/ Staff Writer
October 6, 2024 at 07:00 JST
Yoshiya Yamashita, left, and Arata Shimao, explain their findings about paintings on “fusuma” traditional sliding doors during a news conference on Sept. 17 in Nakadomari, Aomori Prefecture. (Tadayuki Ito)
A simple request to examine a centuries-old artwork led to a stunning discovery: the paintings on “fusuma” sliding doors owned by a long-established family in northern Japan were deemed to be missing parts of a priceless set in the possession of the British Museum in London. [Read More]
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