<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
	>

<channel>
	<title></title>
	<atom:link href="http://jcollector.wordpress.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://jcollector.wordpress.com</link>
	<description></description>
	<lastBuildDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:28:35 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<cloud domain='jcollector.wordpress.com' port='80' path='/?rsscloud=notify' registerProcedure='' protocol='http-post' />
<image>
		<url>http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/2e5f75111265f9c650be8e3a62e9b30c?s=96&#038;d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png</url>
		<title></title>
		<link>http://jcollector.wordpress.com</link>
	</image>
			<item>
		<title>ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST Features Jcollector’s Hagoita</title>
		<link>http://jcollector.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/architectural-digest-features-jcollector%e2%80%99s-hagoita/</link>
		<comments>http://jcollector.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/architectural-digest-features-jcollector%e2%80%99s-hagoita/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jcollector</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jcollector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Folk Items]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese Antiques]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese Furniture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese Home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kimono]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mingei]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Textiles]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jcollector.wordpress.com/?p=169</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thank you Architectural Digest for featuring one of Jcollector’s  fabulous antique hagoita New Year’s paddles in your August, 2009, issue!  Readers, you can view it on page 64 in the “Discoveries by Designers”  section. As a result of AD’s interest, we have had a run on these  wonderful items and are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jcollector.wordpress.com&blog=4179145&post=169&subd=jcollector&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jcollector.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/architectural-digest-features-jcollector%e2%80%99s-hagoita/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">jcollector</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://www.jcollector.com/photos/JN9891-2.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Japanese Hagoita New Years Paddle</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://www.jcollector.com/photos/JN9894-3.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Japanese Hagoita New Year’s Paddle, Wisteria Maiden</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>It’s Lightweight! (an essential, though frequently overlooked, quality in antique Japanese tansu)</title>
		<link>http://jcollector.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/it%e2%80%99s-lightweight-an-essential-though-frequently-overlooked-quality-in-antique-japanese-tansu/</link>
		<comments>http://jcollector.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/it%e2%80%99s-lightweight-an-essential-though-frequently-overlooked-quality-in-antique-japanese-tansu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jcollector</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jcollector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jtansu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Getabako]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese Furniture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese Home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kitchen Tansu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mizuya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tansu]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jcollector.wordpress.com/?p=163</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This weekend Ruben and I were helping some friends move furniture. It  seemed like such a simple task – moving a bedroom set from one room to  the next. We move Japanese furniture all the time, so we volunteered  happily, thinking the job would be quick and effortless. After all, the  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jcollector.wordpress.com&blog=4179145&post=163&subd=jcollector&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jcollector.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/it%e2%80%99s-lightweight-an-essential-though-frequently-overlooked-quality-in-antique-japanese-tansu/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">jcollector</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://www.jtansu.com/photos/TC972511-2.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Mizuya Kitchen Tansu</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Free Shipping on All Items Extended through March</title>
		<link>http://jcollector.wordpress.com/2009/03/05/free-shipping-on-all-items-extended-through-march/</link>
		<comments>http://jcollector.wordpress.com/2009/03/05/free-shipping-on-all-items-extended-through-march/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 06:22:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jcollector</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jcollector]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jcollector.wordpress.com/?p=160</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to our customers!  Our one-day free-shipping promotion has been so successful that we decided to extend free shipping on all items through March. This includes all large tansu at Jtansu and Jcollector, as well as all other items in our catalogs.
       <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jcollector.wordpress.com&blog=4179145&post=160&subd=jcollector&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jcollector.wordpress.com/2009/03/05/free-shipping-on-all-items-extended-through-march/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">jcollector</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Free Shipping at Jcollector and Jtansu</title>
		<link>http://jcollector.wordpress.com/2009/03/04/free-shipping-at-jcollector-and-jtansu/</link>
		<comments>http://jcollector.wordpress.com/2009/03/04/free-shipping-at-jcollector-and-jtansu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jcollector</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jcollector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jtansu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Free Shipping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese Antiques]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese Furniture]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jcollector.wordpress.com/?p=157</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ACT NOW! During the next 24-HOURS, we’re offering FREE SHIPPING on ALL FURNITURE, ART AND ANTIQUES at www.jcollector.com and www.jtansu.com.  (Offer ends Thursday, March 5, midnight.)
Running late?  On SELECT ITEMS (all non-furniture and many furniture pieces), we’ll extend FREE SHIPPING THROUGH THE MONTH OF MARCH.  Look for the green truck icon!
Need more convincing?  Check out [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jcollector.wordpress.com&blog=4179145&post=157&subd=jcollector&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jcollector.wordpress.com/2009/03/04/free-shipping-at-jcollector-and-jtansu/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">jcollector</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Japanese Kitchen</title>
		<link>http://jcollector.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/the-japanese-kitchen/</link>
		<comments>http://jcollector.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/the-japanese-kitchen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jcollector</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jcollector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jtansu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese Furniture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese Home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kitchen Tansu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tansu]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jcollector.wordpress.com/?p=154</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jcollector offers a variety of antique and traditional Japanese kitchen furnishings, fixtures and décor.  These range from handsome kitchen chest tansu to low dining tables of simple wood or fine lacquer, hibachi, furogama, kotatsu and all manner of utilitarian as well as decorative items.
The Imperial Palace during the Heian Age (794-1185) used four rooms for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jcollector.wordpress.com&blog=4179145&post=154&subd=jcollector&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jcollector.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/the-japanese-kitchen/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">jcollector</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Kamado4816.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">A kamado in a traditional Japanese kitchen.</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://www.jtansu.com/photos/JC8N1810-2.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Kitchen Tansu</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://www.jtansu.com/photos/TG8M0513-2.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Japanese Hibachi</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>What’s a Ranma?</title>
		<link>http://jcollector.wordpress.com/2009/01/14/what%e2%80%99s-a-ranma/</link>
		<comments>http://jcollector.wordpress.com/2009/01/14/what%e2%80%99s-a-ranma/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jcollector</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jcollector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jtansu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese Architectural Components]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese Furniture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese Home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tea ceremony]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jcollector.wordpress.com/?p=142</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of Jcollector’s most popular items is the Japanese ranma.  In the West, designers and homeowners have found striking ways in which to display these architectural wonders.  Above or alongside doors or windows, inset to customize coffee tables or consoles, installed as dramatic structural elements, their uses are endless.
For over a thousand years, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jcollector.wordpress.com&blog=4179145&post=142&subd=jcollector&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jcollector.wordpress.com/2009/01/14/what%e2%80%99s-a-ranma/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">jcollector</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://www.jtansu.com/photos/TJ6841B-3.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Japanese Ranma with Falcon Motif</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://www.jtansu.com/photos/TG8A212-4.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Japanese Ranma from Buddhist Temple</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://www.jtansu.com/photos/TJ6849B-2.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Japanese Ranma Detail</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://www.jtansu.com/photos/TJ8N112-2.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Japanese Ranma Detail</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://www.jtansu.com/photos/TJ8D144B-3.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Japanese Ranma - Geometrical Motif with Cartouches</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://www.jtansu.com/photos/TJ8D141B-3.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Japanese Ranma for Tearoom</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Japanese Obi Make Great Holiday Gifts</title>
		<link>http://jcollector.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/japanese-obi-make-great-holiday-gifts/</link>
		<comments>http://jcollector.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/japanese-obi-make-great-holiday-gifts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jcollector</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jcollector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holiday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kimono]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Textiles]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jcollector.wordpress.com/?p=114</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ Jcollector offers a wide variety of obi for wear or décor, antique, vintage and contemporary, in a multitude of colors and designs.  They make great gifts!
Although traditionally the obi has been worn as a sash, today its uses in interior design are myriad.  They may be draped over doors or windows, exhibited as wall [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jcollector.wordpress.com&blog=4179145&post=114&subd=jcollector&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jcollector.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/japanese-obi-make-great-holiday-gifts/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">jcollector</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://www.jcollector.com/photos/JJ8862-3.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Japanese Obi at Jcollector</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://www.jcollector.com/photos/JJ8864-2.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Japanese Obi at Jcollector</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://www.jcollector.com/photos/JJ8866-5.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Japanese Obi at Jcollector</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://www.jcollector.com/photos/JJ542606-2.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Japanese Obi at Jcollector</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://www.jcollector.com/photos/JJ440832-7.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Japanese Obi at Jcollector</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://www.jcollector.com/photos/JJ8J2611-2T.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Japanese Obi at Jcollector</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Jcollector, Jtansu Offer Free Shipping Through the Holidays</title>
		<link>http://jcollector.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/jcollector-jtansu-offer-free-shipping-through-the-holidays/</link>
		<comments>http://jcollector.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/jcollector-jtansu-offer-free-shipping-through-the-holidays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jcollector</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jcollector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jtansu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Free Shipping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holiday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sale]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jcollector.wordpress.com/?p=111</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hurry now to www.jcollector.com and www.jtansu.com, your online centers for Japanese and Asian art, antiques and furniture.  You’ll receive free shipping anywhere within the continental   USA   on all items ordered through New Year.  This includes our fine antique tansu of any size or style!
In addition, we are offering GREAT DISCOUNTS on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jcollector.wordpress.com&blog=4179145&post=111&subd=jcollector&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jcollector.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/jcollector-jtansu-offer-free-shipping-through-the-holidays/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">jcollector</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Buddhist Nio Protectors or Temple Guardians</title>
		<link>http://jcollector.wordpress.com/2008/11/21/buddhist-nio-protectors-or-temple-guardians/</link>
		<comments>http://jcollector.wordpress.com/2008/11/21/buddhist-nio-protectors-or-temple-guardians/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jcollector</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jcollector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bronze]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buddha]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buddhism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sculpture]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jcollector.wordpress.com/?p=92</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jcollector has recently listed a remarkable pair of bronze temple guardians or Nio protectors (literally benevolent kings).   These dynamic figures are traditionally found at the entrance of most Japanese temples.  They are said to represent motion and emotion and serve as fierce protectors wherever they stand.
The Nio, which appear in some form in most Buddhist [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jcollector.wordpress.com&blog=4179145&post=92&subd=jcollector&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jcollector.wordpress.com/2008/11/21/buddhist-nio-protectors-or-temple-guardians/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">jcollector</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://www.jcollector.com/photos/JJ881210-2.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Bronze Temple Guardian Nio Figures</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://www.jcollector.com/photos/JJ881210-18.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Japanese Nio</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://www.jcollector.com/photos/JJ881210-6.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Temple Nio</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://www.taleofgenji.org/images/todaiji_nio.jpg" medium="image" />

		<media:content url="http://www.taleofgenji.org/images/todaiji_statue.jpg" medium="image" />
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Stone Jizo for Garden or Courtyard</title>
		<link>http://jcollector.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/the-stone-jizo-for-garden-or-courtyard/</link>
		<comments>http://jcollector.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/the-stone-jizo-for-garden-or-courtyard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jcollector</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jcollector]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jcollector.wordpress.com/?p=75</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We at Jcollector have a particular fondness for old and weathered figures of Jizo, originally known as Bosatsu and a much beloved Buddhist figure in Japan, Korea, and China.  Jizo is regarded as a special protector of children, travelers, and women and an aide to those with problems in life or physical afflictions.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jcollector.wordpress.com&blog=4179145&post=75&subd=jcollector&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jcollector.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/the-stone-jizo-for-garden-or-courtyard/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">jcollector</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://www.jcollector.com/photos/JC8X151-2T.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Jizo Bosatsu</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://www.jcollector.com/photos/JC8X154-2T.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Jizo Bosatsu</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://img.geocaching.com/cache/353b0a42-1241-47b2-9a16-44ae15da3c94.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Migawari Jizo</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://www.jcollector.com/photos/JC8X153-2T.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Jizo</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://www.jcollector.com/photos/JC8X155-2T.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Jizo1</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>