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Jonoski Takuma, Cameo Carver of Emu Eggs: addendum

In our May and August issues of 2025, siblings Jennifer and Lindsey Harris explored the cross-cultural influence ofJapanese craftsman Jonoski Takuma in his carving of Australian scenes on emu eggs around the time of Federation.Their articles led ornithologist and collector Dr Mark Cabouret to look very carefull...

A Japanese artist in Australia: Jonoski Takuma and his family

Jonoski Takuma, a young, missionary-educated Japanese man, arrived in Australia in 1888 and within a few years began engraving emu eggs depicting Australian scenes. Reflecting his Japanese cultural heritage, these delicately carved eggs,along with postcards and a children’s book, embody a fusion of Japanese a...

Emu eggs à la japonaise

The fashion for emu eggs for decorative purposes gained momentum through the latter part of the 19th century as Australia
approached Federation. As aligned to Australian identity as the emu is, it may come as a surprise to discover that emu
eggs attracted Japanese artisans who expressed their artistry in inno...

‘Lalla’: Alice Rochford Cayley and Jack Castle Harris, part 2

‘Lalla’: Alice Rochfort Cayley and Jack Castle Harris, part I

Book review: Silas Clifford-Smith, ‘Percy Lindsay, artist and bohemian’

The Twentieth Century: J. C. Taylor and the Harrises - a Foot in Both Camps

New publications: A Place for Art - A century of Art, Craft, Design and Industrial Arts Education in Hobart, by Lindsay Broughton, George Burrows & Elizabeth Lada. University of Tasmania, 1988

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