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Tea bowls, tea caddies, tea scoops, and other tea utensils with inscriptions on the box. For example, if the inscription...

Saiyotsu (colored pottery)This type of unglazed earthenware with red or black colored patterns on the surface began in w...

A ceramic study group established in the Department of Psychology at the University of Tokyo in March 1914, under the le...

Saikou (Festival Red)This is the copper-red glaze of Chinese porcelain. It was first invented in the Xuande period of th...

SavehA medieval Persian pottery production center south of Tehran, the capital of Iran. Along with Leh, it was destroyed...

A furnace temporarily placed on the floor to boil food. It can be made of iron or clay. It is hollow inside and has a fr...

Konchiin Ido (Konchiin Well)Specialty. Korean tea bowl, famous hand well. The name comes from the fact that it was origi...

These are words used to classify the period of gold brocade imported from China, and include kowatari for those imported...

GoroshichiGoroshichi, whose family name was Takahara, was also made into Takehara. Goroshichi was a prominent figure in ...

KomogaiA type of Korai tea bowl. It is also called "Tomogae Hitomogae" or "Hitomogae Hitomogae". It is called this becau...

Komainu (guardian dogs)Komainu are lion-shaped figures made of copper, stone, pottery, wood, or other materials and plac...

GohonFrom the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the early Edo period, tea bowls and other items that were made to order and fire...