Glossary
Gosu (cobalt blue pigment)
Gosu (cobalt blue pigment) is the cobalt-based blue pigment used in sometsuke (blue-and-white) underglaze decoration on japanese porcelain. Gosu was originally imported from China and later produced domestically, enabling the...
Gosu (cobalt blue pigment)
Gosu (cobalt blue pigment) is the cobalt-based blue pigment used in sometsuke (blue-and-white) underglaze decoration on japanese porcelain. Gosu was originally imported from China and later produced domestically, enabling the...
Tatara-zukuri (slab building)
Tatara-zukuri (slab building) is a Japanese ceramic technique in which slabs of uniform clay are cut and assembled into forms. Tatara-zukuri enables sharp angles and flat surfaces that wheel throwing...
Tatara-zukuri (slab building)
Tatara-zukuri (slab building) is a Japanese ceramic technique in which slabs of uniform clay are cut and assembled into forms. Tatara-zukuri enables sharp angles and flat surfaces that wheel throwing...
Sometsuke (blue and white porcelain)
Sometsuke refers to celadon-white porcelain decorated with cobalt patterns on a white porcelain body, then coated with a transparent glaze and fired. Representative of Arita and Hasami ware, this technique...
Sometsuke (blue and white porcelain)
Sometsuke refers to celadon-white porcelain decorated with cobalt patterns on a white porcelain body, then coated with a transparent glaze and fired. Representative of Arita and Hasami ware, this technique...
Shita-etsuke (underglaze decoration)
Underglaze decoration is a technique in which a design is painted on an unglazed, bisque-fired ceramic body before glaze is applied. The most representative example is sometsuke (blue and white...
Shita-etsuke (underglaze decoration)
Underglaze decoration is a technique in which a design is painted on an unglazed, bisque-fired ceramic body before glaze is applied. The most representative example is sometsuke (blue and white...
Kohiki (white slip ware)
Kohiki is a technique in which white slip (white clay) is applied to a red or gray bisque, and then a transparent glaze is applied and fired. When used over...
Kohiki (white slip ware)
Kohiki is a technique in which white slip (white clay) is applied to a red or gray bisque, and then a transparent glaze is applied and fired. When used over...
Yakishime (unglazed fired ware)
Yakishime is a technique where pottery is fired at high temperatures without any glaze to make it waterproof. It is characteristic of Bizen ware, Shigaraki ware, and Iga ware, and...
Yakishime (unglazed fired ware)
Yakishime is a technique where pottery is fired at high temperatures without any glaze to make it waterproof. It is characteristic of Bizen ware, Shigaraki ware, and Iga ware, and...