Explanation Kakiemon
From the early Edo period to the present day, the porcelain industry, which developed around Arita Town in Saga Prefectu...
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Explanation History of Chanoyu
Prehistory of ChanoyuIn the “Cha-kyo” (The Classic of Tea) written by Rikyu (733-804), who is known as the “Sage of Tea”...
Explanation Ko-Imari
Looking at the seventeenth century as a period in the history of ceramics in Japan, it can be said to have been a very i...
Explanation Tamba Ware
Tamba ware is also one of the representative old kilns since the Middle Ages, but an overview of the style from Momoyama...
Explanation Shigaraki Ware
Shigaraki also has a long history. Like other medieval kilns, from the Kofun to Heian periods, Sue ware and ceramics in ...
Explanation Iga Ware
Iga pottery produced before the early Momoyama period seems to bear little resemblance to Shigaraki. However, the pure t...
Explanation Examples of Chemical Analysis of Ceramic Raw Materials
Izumiyama potteryAmakusa stone No Raw material name SiO2 Al2O Fe2O3 CaO MgO K2O Na2O Ig.loss 11 Amakusa Stone (Kumamoto)...
Explanation Bizen ware
What is Bizen? Bizen, along with Tanba, Iga, Shigaraki, and Suzu, is a representative old kiln that has continued as a S...
Explanation Karatsu Ware
What is Karatsuyaki? As far as we know, there are more than a hundred kilns in Higashimatsuura County, Imari City, Takeo...
Explanation Cord hanging on wooden box
Cord hanging on wooden boxThis is the method of tying the string that hangs from the box that contains the matcha tea bo...
Explanation Oribe
It is needless to say that the name "Oribe-yaki" comes from Furuta Oribe Shigenori (1544-1615), who was the most famous ...
Explanation KizetoSetoguro
Setoguro and Kizeto IntroductionKizeto The Mino Ceramic Art Museum of the Momoyama Period (1573-1600) is a place that, e...