Japan's Master of Restoration

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1 Season · 3 Episodes · Premiered July 30, 2025

Where broken beauty is reborn. How legendary art restorer Koji Mayuyama is preserving ancient treasures, one divine touch at a time.

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

3 episodes
E01
Dormant Treasures
Wed, Jul 30 2025 5:00 AM GMT+0000 48 min
A museum in Osaka asks the Mayuyamas for help with artefacts currently hidden away in their archive. An exquisite 800-year-old celadon vase from China and a 16th-century Totoya Chawan tea bowl both require their expert attention to be brought back to life.
E02
The Four Legs
Wed, Jul 30 2025 5:00 AM GMT+0000 48 min
The father and son undertake the restoration of a ceramic horse from the Edo period. A previous restoration is now showing signs of age, and a new approach is needed.
E03
The Imperial Vase
Wed, Jul 30 2025 5:00 AM GMT+0000 48 min
The Mayuyamas travel to London to examine a priceless 18th-century Imperial Chinese flower vase. They hope studying the London vase can help them restore a very similar piece, which has a damaged neck covered by a mysterious metal plate engraved in English.

Cast

Pippa Haywood
Pippa Haywood as Narrator

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