Dictionary Shino Tea Bowl
Shino tea bowls are a completely different type of Shino ware from today's Shino ware, and are found in tea ceremony rec...
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Dictionary Dictionary Shippo (cloisonne enamel)
A kind of enamel ware. The color resembles the seven precious items in Buddhist scriptures, such as gold, silver, lapis ...
Dictionary Translucent glaze
Refers to a glaze that is not transparent. It is caused by the separation of crystalline or amorphous solid components. ...
Dictionary Citta
CittaA stand used for finishing the shaping of a potter's wheel. It may mean a wet stand. Since shaving is done with the...
Dictionary Jikkinde
JikkindeThe "Ureshu Shoran" (A Guide to Pleasure) says, "Recently there have been dozens of jikkinte (tea bowls and plat...
Dictionary Shichiri (seven villages)
Shichiri (seven villages)Specialty. Raku ware tea bowl by Koetsu. It was owned by Shichiri Hikouemon and came to the Mas...
Dictionary Shichirin (shichirin)
A tiled or earthenware furnace. The Japanese KUNIHO (Japanese Dictionary) says, "Shichirin.Shichirin is a kind of furnac...
Dictionary Shichido-yaki
There is a Shigaraki ware called Shichido-yaki. According to an old man, "Shichido-yaki is pottery that has been fired s...
Dictionary Seven Officer Celadon Porcelain
Seven Officer Celadon PorcelainOne of the Japanese classifications for Chinese celadon. The glaze is greenish-blue in co...
Dictionary Ash of sheep’s tooth
The ash made by burning sheep's tooth leaves has been used as a fluxing agent for glazes in the East since ancient times...
Dictionary Underdressing.
Underglaze painting. Underglaze painting, i.e., painting on a bare surface and applying a glaze over it. The most common...
Dictionary Jizo
JizoChukoh specialty. Tea caddy, Rikyu kiln. This tea caddy is so named because the body has a spatula shaped like a Jiz...