{"title":"Japanese Painted Ceramics ","description":"\u003cp\u003eEitsuke (絵付け) is the collective term for techniques of painting designs or patterns onto the surface of a ceramic piece — whether bisque-fired or glazed — using pigments or special glazes. Within Japan's traditional ceramics world, eitsuke has flourished particularly in the realm of porcelain (jiki): Arita ware (有田焼), Kutani ware (九谷焼), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/kyoto-nokaze-global.myshopify.com\/blogs\/guide\/kyoyaki\"\u003eKyo-yaki (京焼 — Kyoto ceramics)\u003c\/a\u003e, and others. For the characteristics of painted ceramics, please see below.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/kyoto-nokaze-global.myshopify.com\/blogs\/guide\/painted-japanese-pottery\"\u003eJapanese Pottery Patterns Guide: Traditional Motifs \u0026amp; Painted Ceramics Techniques\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/kyoto-nokaze-global.myshopify.com\/blogs\/glossary\/sometsuke\"\u003eSometsuke (染付)\u003c\/a\u003e is an underglaze painting technique in which designs are drawn onto a white porcelain body using a cobalt-bearing mineral pigment called \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/kyoto-nokaze-global.myshopify.com\/blogs\/glossary\/gosu\"\u003egosu (呉須)\u003c\/a\u003e. A transparent glaze is then applied over the design, and the piece is fired at high temperature. After firing, the areas painted with \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/kyoto-nokaze-global.myshopify.com\/blogs\/glossary\/gosu\"\u003egosu\u003c\/a\u003e develop a vivid indigo blue, creating a beautiful contrast against the white of the porcelain. Sometsuke has its origins in China's seika (青花 — blue-and-white porcelain), and in Japan it developed rapidly from the early 17th century alongside the start of porcelain production in Arita (present-day Saga Prefecture), becoming the defining style of Imari ware (伊万里焼) and Hasami ware (波佐見焼).\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/9473\/4678\/collections\/Rectangle_13461.png?v=1783726999","url":"https:\/\/global.kyoto-nokaze.com\/collections\/theme-2.oembed","provider":"Kyoto nokaze Global","version":"1.0","type":"link"}