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Aoyama Marutsubo (Aoyama Round Jar)

Aoyama Marutsubo (Aoyama Round Jar)Specialty. A Chinese round jar tea caddy. It was owned by Aoyama ...
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Aoyama Koemon

A potter from Hizen Arita. During the Meireki and Kanbun periods (1655-73), he constantly traveled b...
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Aoyama

AoyamaSpecialty. Raku ware tea bowl. Black, one of the seven types of Kaga nonkou. It was owned by A...
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Aoyagi (green willow)

Aoyagi (green willow)Chuko specialty. This is an old tea caddy by Fujishiro. The blue glaze dripping...
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Aobizen (Blue Bizen)

Aobizen (Blue Bizen)A type of Bizen ware with an elegant blue-gray color. Also called Ao-yaki or Ao-...
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Aosoba (green buckwheat noodle)

Aosoba is the Japanese name for the glaze color of Chinese porcelain and tea leaves.It has an astrin...
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Aojia (celadon glaze)

Blue glazed ceramics prized by the nobility since the early Heian period (794-1185). The word "aoshi...
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Aikokutani

AikokutaniA type of Kutani. It is a type of white porcelain with a single color, and is not unglazed...
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Aokutani (Blue Kutani)

Aokutani (Blue Kutani)A type of Kutani ware. During the Bunkyu period (1861-4), Matsuya Kikusaburo o...
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AOKI KATATSUKI (Aoki Shoulder Impulse)

AOKI KATATSUKI (Aoki Shoulder Impulse)The four most famous. This tea caddy was made in the Han style...
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Blue Oribe

Blue OribeAo Oribe refers to Oribe ware with a particularly remarkable copper-green glaze. It is con...
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Aoido (Blue well)

Aoido (Blue well)A type of well tea bowl produced in Korea. It is so named because of its beautiful ...