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The process of giving shape to the raw materials of ceramics. It can be broadly classified into three types: handmade on...

An important mold made of plaster. A plaster mold is made by first making the required mold with clay, stone, or oil cla...

Pottery can be broadly classified into earthenware, ceramic, stoneware, and porcelain.Stoneware is opaque, non-porous an...

It was not until the middle of the Meiji period (1868-1912) that lime glaze began to be used in Japan, replacing the woo...

Calcite is an aggregate of calcite, the color of which varies according to its purity. Impurities usually include bitter...

Limestone pottery is characterized by its white color and light weight. Since it was initially produced mainly in German...

Sekiyou (setting sun)Important cultural property. Specialty. Korean tea bowl, Goshomaru, black brush.This bowl is inscri...

Sekiyou (evening sun)Great Name. Chinese tea bowl, ash-covered tenmoku. The gray sky pattern of this Tenmoku bowl gives ...

Quartzite (quartzite)It is widely distributed in Japan, and its decomposed products are excellent raw materials for porc...

Celadon glazed celadon bellflower vaseThe blue of the celadon glaze and the dark brown of the clay are beautiful. Althou...

A porcelain manufacturing company located in Arita, Hizen, Japan, which was spun off from Koransha, a company establishe...

Celadon is high-fired pottery with a blue glaze.This glaze is made from the ashes of wood, and the small amount of iron ...