Japanese Pottery Articles
Regions and kilns, techniques, how to choose and care for your pieces. Articles to start your journey into Japanese pottery.
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萩燒為什麼會越用越變色
萩燒為什麼會隨著使用而變色：柔軟的陶土與貫入如何吸收茶與咖啡、釉色與你喝的東西如何決定你看到的樣子、如何引導變化，以及如何分辨使用痕跡與黴斑。
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備前燒的印記｜看懂窯印、作家印與刻銘
怎麼看懂備前燒上的印記：來自伊部大型共用窯的古老窯印、當代蓋上的印章與刻出的署名、木箱上的題字，以及那些根本不是印章的火痕。
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日本器皿伴手禮｜該買什麼、去哪裡找
最好的日本器皿伴手禮都很小：酒杯、小盤、筷架和茶杯。整理該買什麼、哪些留在店裡、去哪裡買、怎麼分辨手作器物，以及怎麼打包上飛機。
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如何分辨日本陶器是不是手作
這件日本陶器真的是手作的嗎？告訴你該看哪裡、每個跡象代表什麼：高台與修坯痕、拉坯紋、重量、釉藥與筆觸，以及什麼也證明不了的跡象。
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一汁三菜｜一湯三菜的日本器皿
一汁三菜，也就是一湯三菜，是日本人日常一餐的基本樣貌。整理每道菜需要哪一種器皿、合用的尺寸、怎麼擺桌，以及如何混搭器皿而不買成套。
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初次使用前：無釉與有貫入的日本陶器該怎麼處理
哪些日本陶器在初次使用前需要事先處理、哪些不需要，怎麼浸泡無釉陶器、怎麼用洗米水煮有貫入的器皿，什麼時候不該這麼做，以及貫入隨著使用變深時會有什麼變化。
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共箱（Tomobako）｜從木箱讀懂一件日本器皿
共箱是作家為一件陶器親自署名的木箱。教你怎麼看蓋上的題字、署名與印章、真田紐與布巾，共箱和其他箱子有什麼不同，以及怎麼把作品收進箱裡。
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從日本把器皿帶回家：不打破的方法
在日本買了器皿？教你完好無缺地帶回家：哪些放手提行李、要確認什麼、杯子、碗與盤子怎麼包、怎麼用日本郵便寄包裹，以及新的免稅規定對你有什麼影響。
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Japanese Handleless Cups and Tumblers: How to Choose by Size and Clay
A Japanese handleless cup, called a free cup in Japan, covers green tea and coffee, cold barley tea, beer a...
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Japanese Pottery Christmas Gifts: One-of-a-Kind Artisan Pieces for Every Day
Choose Japanese pottery as a Christmas gift, and unlike consumables or ornaments, it is used at the table e...
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Yachimun Buying Guide: Choosing Okinawan Pottery by Shape and Studio
Yachimun is the Okinawan word for pottery. Starting from where the names come from, why "yakimono" became "...
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Shigaraki Ware Buying Guide: Choose by Artisan and Clay
Shigaraki is known for its tanuki figures, but this Six Ancient Kilns town also fires a great deal of every...
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What to Give Someone Who Has Everything: A Piece That Gets Used
The person who has everything is not short of things, only of things they would notice. Consumables run out...
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Medium Plates: Five Sun or Six, and What Each One Does
Five and six sun are the sizes that come out most often in Japanese tableware. They work as side plates, ho...
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Square and Oblong Plates: Why Straight Edges Work at the Table
Put one square plate on a table of nothing but round ones and the outline sharpens. Square and oblong plate...
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Mamezara and Small Plates: Sizes and What to Serve
The Japanese table is built not from one large plate but from several small ones lined up together. Here we...
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Microwave and Dishwasher Safe Japanese Pottery: 73 Makers Answer
Can pottery by an individual maker go in the microwave? Across the 73 makers nokaze carries, 44% say yes to...
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Large Japanese Plates: Choosing Size, Shape and Depth from Seven Sun
Past seven sun, a plate becomes one you buy after deciding what will go on it. One sun is about 3.03cm. Sev...
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Where to Buy Pottery in Kyoto: Gojozaka, Kiyomizu & Online
Kyoto has no pottery village of the kind Arita or Shigaraki has. No clay is dug here either. And yet it has...
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Japanese Housewarming Gifts: What Lands Well, and What to Avoid
The most common mistake with a housewarming gift is taking away space. Someone who has just moved in is sti...
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Japanese Stoneware Care: What Porcelain Never Needs
Care differs between stoneware and porcelain for exactly one reason: whether the body absorbs water. Stonew...
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How to Choose a Donabe | Size, Glaze, First Use and Care
A donabe keeps cooking for about a minute after it comes off the flame. That slowness draws the sweetness o...
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How to Choose a Matcha Bowl | Size, Shape and Region
A matcha bowl is whisked in and drunk from. The standard is 11 to 13cm across and 7 to 9cm tall, and those ...
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Japanese Pottery: The Complete Guide
From Arita porcelain to Bizen stoneware and Raku tea bowls — japanese ceramics carry over 10,000 years of c...
