Happy New Year! It's late January. This year, I'm determined to update much more frequently, so please bear with me. Thank you in advance for your continued support. --- Now, about something that happened a little while ago. A friend was going rug shopping for her home, so I tagged along. We arrived at a warehouse a little ways from the city center, which belonged to Mr. Sakaki, who has been collecting tribal rugs for over 30 years. Even now, he visits Iran, Morocco, and Southwest Asia several times a year. In Japan, he’s invited to galleries...