Kazumi Arikawa, art and jewelry collector, President of Albion Art Co., Ltd., and the Albion Art Jewelry Institute, boasts a distinguished career that intersects the realms of culture, education, and the arts. He graduated from Waseda University's Faculty of Political Science and Economics in 1977. Eight years later, in 1985, he founded Albion Art Co., Ltd. in Fukuoka, Japan, marking the beginning of a legacy in the arts and jewelry sector.
In 2003, Kazumi Arikawa expanded his vision for the study and understanding of jewelry by establishing the Albion Art Jewelry Institute (AAJI), which serves as the cultural division of his enterprise. Furthering his international activities, he inaugurated the Paris Office of AAJI in 2015. He has also shared his expertise by dedicating thirteen years to teaching the history of jewelry at Tokyo University of the Arts from 2005 to 2017.
April 2009 saw Kazumi Arikawa honored with the prestigious Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Republic, a testament to his significant contributions to the world of jewelry, benefiting France and the global community. Since 2019, he has been a member of the International Council of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Diana Scarisbrick, an eminent authority on engraved gems and historical jewelry, holds the position of Research Associate at the Beazley Archive Institute of Classical and Byzantine Studies at Oxford University.
Her scholarly work includes collaborations with Sir John Boardman on pivotal collections, such as The Ralph Harari Collection of Finger Rings (1977), The Marlborough Gems (2009), and The Beverley Collection of Gems at Alnwick Castle (2016). A prolific author, Diana Scarisbrick's contributions to jewelry history are extensive. Her bibliography includes Ancestral Jewels : Treasures of Britain's Aristocracy (1989), Jewellery in Britain, 1066-1837 (1994), and Chaumet : Master Jewellers since 1780 (1995).
Other significant works include Historic Rings : Four Thousand Years of Craftsmanship (2004), Rings : Jewelry of Power, Love, and Loyalty (2007), and Scottish Jewellery : A Victorian Passion (2009). She explores themes of opulence and patronage in Portrait Jewels : Opulence and Intimacy from the Medici to the Romanovs (2009), Elihu Yale : Merchant, Collector & Patron (2014), and Diamond Jewelry : 700 Years of Glory and Glamour (2019).
Diana Scarisbrick is also renowned for curating major exhibitions across Europe, the United States, and Japan, including Crowning Glories : Two Centuries of Tiaras (Boston, 2000), Tiara : Dignity and Beauty - The Story of the Tiara (Tokyo, 2007), Brillante Europe : Parures du pouvoir Joyaux des cours européennes (Brussels, 2007), Le Grand Frisson : Les bijoux de sentiment de la Renaissance à nos jours (Paris, 2008), and The Art o fGem Engraving : From Alexander the Great to Napoleon III (Hakone, 2008).
In 2003, Kazumi Arikawa expanded his vision for the study and understanding of jewelry by establishing the Albion Art Jewelry Institute (AAJI), which serves as the cultural division of his enterprise. Furthering his international activities, he inaugurated the Paris Office of AAJI in 2015. He has also shared his expertise by dedicating thirteen years to teaching the history of jewelry at Tokyo University of the Arts from 2005 to 2017.
April 2009 saw Kazumi Arikawa honored with the prestigious Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Republic, a testament to his significant contributions to the world of jewelry, benefiting France and the global community. Since 2019, he has been a member of the International Council of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Diana Scarisbrick, an eminent authority on engraved gems and historical jewelry, holds the position of Research Associate at the Beazley Archive Institute of Classical and Byzantine Studies at Oxford University.
Her scholarly work includes collaborations with Sir John Boardman on pivotal collections, such as The Ralph Harari Collection of Finger Rings (1977), The Marlborough Gems (2009), and The Beverley Collection of Gems at Alnwick Castle (2016). A prolific author, Diana Scarisbrick's contributions to jewelry history are extensive. Her bibliography includes Ancestral Jewels : Treasures of Britain's Aristocracy (1989), Jewellery in Britain, 1066-1837 (1994), and Chaumet : Master Jewellers since 1780 (1995).
Other significant works include Historic Rings : Four Thousand Years of Craftsmanship (2004), Rings : Jewelry of Power, Love, and Loyalty (2007), and Scottish Jewellery : A Victorian Passion (2009). She explores themes of opulence and patronage in Portrait Jewels : Opulence and Intimacy from the Medici to the Romanovs (2009), Elihu Yale : Merchant, Collector & Patron (2014), and Diamond Jewelry : 700 Years of Glory and Glamour (2019).
Diana Scarisbrick is also renowned for curating major exhibitions across Europe, the United States, and Japan, including Crowning Glories : Two Centuries of Tiaras (Boston, 2000), Tiara : Dignity and Beauty - The Story of the Tiara (Tokyo, 2007), Brillante Europe : Parures du pouvoir Joyaux des cours européennes (Brussels, 2007), Le Grand Frisson : Les bijoux de sentiment de la Renaissance à nos jours (Paris, 2008), and The Art o fGem Engraving : From Alexander the Great to Napoleon III (Hakone, 2008).
