Dictionary Komainu (guardian dogs)
Komainu (guardian dogs)Komainu are lion-shaped figures made of copper, stone, pottery, wood, or other materials and plac...
Dictionary
Dictionary 
Dictionary Gohon
GohonFrom the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the early Edo period, tea bowls and other items that were made to order and fire...
Dictionary Kobori Enshu
Kobori EnshuTea master. Born in 1579.Born in 1579, his first name was Masakazu. He was a great admirer of both Haruya an...
Dictionary Kobizen (Old Bizen)
Kobizen (Old Bizen)Kobizen (Old Bizen)Kobizen refers to the early Bizen ware. Bizen ceramics have been produced since th...
Dictionary Kohiki
KohikiA type of Koryo ware. Also called kobuki. It is so named because the white glaze looks as if it has been powdered ...
Dictionary Cobalt
Cobalt compounds are widely used in the ceramic industry as blue coloring agents. This is due to the stable and brillian...
Dictionary Taichiro Kobayashi
Born in Kyoto on December 27, 1901. After graduating from Kyoto Imperial University, he studied at the Sorbonne in Franc...
Dictionary Itsuo Kobayashi
Itsuo KobayashiBusinessman, born in January 1873 in Nirasaki, Kitakoma-gun (Nirasaki City), Yamanashi Prefecture. After ...
Dictionary Kohagi (old Hagi)
Kohagi (old Hagi)This term refers to early Hagi ware. The origin of Hagi ware is said to date from the Eisho period (150...
Dictionary Konoyo no Koro (Incense burner of this world)
Konoyo no Koro (Incense burner of this world)A famous well and salt-chested incense burner. It was handed down from Sen ...
Dictionary Konohana
KonohanaOne of the seven famous Raku ware tea bowls, black, Kaga Nonkou.It is so named because the white glaze naturally...
Dictionary Konoha-tenmoku
Konoha-tenmokuA kind of cup made in Ji'an, Jiangxi Province, China in the Song Dynasty with a leaf pattern on the bottom...