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Explanation of Korean ceramics

Korean tea bowls such as Ido, Kumagawa, Mishima, Hake-me, Iraho, and Tottoya were once called Goryeo...
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Explanation of Chinese ceramics

The term “karamono” can be interpreted literally as “things from Tang,” referring to items made in C...
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Tenmoku, Setoguro, Kiseido, Shino, Oribe, Hakuun

Today, Shino tea bowls are highly valued, but they are not an old, traditional type of tea bowl. Whe...
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Chojiro, Doi, Koetsu, Karatsu, Hagi, Takatori, Satsuma, Shigaraki, Asahi, Nisen, Kenzan

ChojiroThe Momoyama period was a time of great change in the history of Japanese pottery. Examples o...
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Mishima, Hakeme, Kumagawa, Kakinotsuke, Totoya, Kogu, Waridai, Gosho-maru, Iraho, Choshima, Unkaku, Kinkai, Gohon, Kora

The following are included in the collection: Mishima, Hakeme, Kumagawa, Kakitsuke, Totoya, Kori, Wa...
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Korea Chawan

well, wellside, soba, ame-nori, kohiki, katate, tamago-teThe general term for tea bowls made in Kore...
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China Chawan

Tenmoku, celadon, painted Koryo ware, red-painted ware, blue and white ware, old blue and white ware...
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Kyoyaki

In the Edo period, Kyoto became one of Japan's leading pottery production centers, with kilns belchi...
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Kenzan

The works of Kōhō Sōsa, who is thought to have had a great influence on Kenzan, are not as well know...
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Ninsei

There are still many things about the history of Japanese ceramics before the middle of the Edo peri...
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Ko-Kutani

The Ko-Kutani kilns have long been shrouded in mystery, and there has been much debate among experts...
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Nabeshima

The mainstay of Nabeshima ware is a set of four types of identical-style plates, called kibai-gata, ...