East Asia Journal: Studies in Material Culture takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of material culture in East Asia – China, Japan and Korea — as well as the countries of the Southeast Asian region. Published twice a year, East Asia Journal draws strength from a wide range of disciplines, such as archaeology, anthropology, history of technology, art and architecture, and literary studies, with the focus on ‘objects’— their making, use and history and the interpretations given to them and on ‘materials’ used to make them.