Dictionary

Yamanoha (Mountain Edge)This Shino ware tea bowl is named after a poem by Imaue Goshu in the Tamayoshu, "May rain will c...

Yamanoue SojiTea master, born in 1544. He called himself Hyouan. A native of Sakai, he lived under the name Satsumaya. A...

Yamanoikatatsuki (Mountain well shoulder impulse)A great masterpiece. An old Seto tea caddy. Formerly known as Inazu Kas...

Yaburebukuro (broken bag)This is a type of water jar from Ko-Iga. It is so called because the lower part is swollen like...

Yabure Oke (broken bucket)This is a Bizen suizashi, a specialty of Bizen ware with an arrow-necked mouth. Formerly owned...

Tea master. Born in 1536, he was the first generation of the Yabunouchi school. He was a native of Sakai, Izumi-no-kuni ...

Yahtzoguchi (Arrow-necked Arrowhead Mouth)A type of mouthwork called a nock-shaped mouth is found on mizusashi, flower v...

Willow PatternWillow Pattern, also known as "Hiei Pattern" in the United Kingdom. It is also called Hibi Pattern. There ...

Muneyoshi YanagiBorn in Tokyo in 1889. His father, Muneyoshi, was a Rear Admiral in the Navy and a Japanese mathematicia...

A vessel made of clay or stone powder, either singly or in mixture, and fired by fire. The surface is often covered with...

In the olden days, porcelain was not as inexpensive as it is today. Until the middle of the Meiji period (1868-1912), th...

YaegakiSpecialty. Korean tea bowl, carved Mishima. This bowl is inscribed with the design of carved Mishima, which is re...