Dictionary Nigosiode (rice soup handles)
This milky-white porcelain is highly prized for its rice-soup texture and is the work of Kakiemon I, a potter from Minam...
ceramics
Dictionary Dictionary Nanbo Roku
Tea book. Also called Nanbo Roku. Biography of Nambo Soukei, a disciple of Rikyu and the second generation of Shounan, t...
Dictionary Namban-yaki
Namban-yakiNamban-yaki is the name of a type of coarse porcelain known in Japan as nanban-yaki, probably because it came...
Dictionary NAWA-SUNDARE
NAWA-SUNDAREA kind of water fingers.A type of water jar. The name comes from the carved pattern on the body, which looks...
Dictionary Minamigawara Kiln
Minamigawara is one of the outer mountains of the former Saga Nabeshima territory. It is called Nangora or Nangora in th...
Dictionary Nara Sansai
Nara SansaiNara Sansai is a three-color glazed pottery produced in Japan during the Nara period (710-794) in imitation o...
Dictionary Sea squirt glaze
Sea squirt glazeUmi-sagu glaze is a type of translucent glaze, and its main color is indigo-purple, but other colors suc...
Dictionary Nadeshiko
NadeshikoRaku ware tea bowl, red, by Chojiro. Nadeshiko is inscribed by Kakugasai Soza, and is probably derived from the...
Dictionary Natsuyama Irabo (Summer Mountain Irabo)
Natsuyama Irabo (Summer Mountain Irabo)Specialty. Korean tea bowl, Irabo. The shallow blue color of the tea bowl is remi...
Dictionary Nabeshima-yaki (Nabeshima porcelain)
Nabeshima-yaki (Nabeshima porcelain)Nabeshima-yaki (Nabeshima porcelain)JExquisite porcelain made by the Marquis Nabeshi...
Dictionary Eggplant tea caddy
akaneyanasuA type of karamono small jar tea caddy. The name comes from its resemblance to an eggplant. In ancient times,...
Dictionary Nazca Doki (Nazca Earthenware)
Nazca Doki (Nazca Earthenware)This pottery belongs to the culture that emerged after the Chavin culture in the southern ...