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  2. Raku ware - Wikipedia

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    Raku ware (楽焼, raku-yaki) is a type of Japanese pottery traditionally used in Japanese tea ceremonies, most often in the form of chawan tea bowls. It is traditionally characterised by being hand-shaped rather than thrown, fairly porous vessels, which result from low firing temperatures, lead glazes and the removal of pieces from the kiln ...

  3. Horse hair raku - Wikipedia

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    Horse hair vase. Horse hair raku is a method of decorating pottery through the application of horsehair and other dry carbonaceous material to the heated ware. The burning carbonaceous material creates smoke patterns and carbon trails on the surface of the heated ware that remain as decoration after the ware cools.

  4. Chawan - Wikipedia

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    A saying in the tea ceremony schools for the preferred types of chawan relates: "Raku first, Hagi second, Karatsu third." [9] Another chawan type that became slightly popular during the Edo period from abroad was the Annan ware from Vietnam , which were originally used there as rice bowls. Annan ware is blue and white, with a high foot.

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    Haleakalā National Park is known for its stunning sunrises, but there's so much more to explore at this national park in Maui, Hawaii.

  6. List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts: others) - Wikipedia

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    From the late-16th century, Mino potters developed new, distinctly Japanese techniques such as Shino ware or Raku ware. [9] This was also motivated by a general shift of tastes among teamasters and others, who came to prefer simpler unglazed tea bowls formed by hand rather than on a pottery wheel. [6]

  7. What does a lei mean in Hawaii, can anyone wear one? - AOL

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    Aloha! The Hawaiian lei is known around the world. When visitors arrive on the islands, they're often greeted with one of these garlands made of perfectly blossomed flowers upon arrival.

  8. Chōjirō - Wikipedia

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    Tea bowl, known as Suchiro, studio of Chōjirō. Tanaka Chōjirō (長次郎) (1516-?1592) is distinguished as the first generation in the Raku family line of potters. . According to historical documents he was the son of one Ameya, who is said to have emigrated to Japan from Korea (or possibly Ming China, as asserted on the RAKU WARE website (link below) of the still active line of potters h

  9. Oribe ware - Wikipedia

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    Oribe ware (also known as 織部焼 Oribe-yaki) is a style of Japanese pottery that first appeared in the sixteenth century. It is a type of Japanese stoneware recognized by its freely-applied glaze as well as its dramatic visual departure from the more somber, monochrome shapes and vessels common in Raku ware of the time. [ 1 ]