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Imari ware bowl, stormy seascape design in overglaze enamel, Edo period, 17th–18th century. Imari ware (Japanese: 伊万里焼, Hepburn: Imari-yaki) is a Western term for a brightly-coloured style of Arita ware (有田焼, Arita-yaki) Japanese export porcelain made in the area of Arita, in the former Hizen Province, northwestern Kyūshū.
Arita porcelain dish with underglaze blue, with design of river, weirs, and maple leaves, c. 1650–1670s Arita Sarayama dish with overglaze polychrome enamel design of plum and fence, 1700–1730s Arita ware ( Japanese : 有田焼 , Hepburn : Arita-yaki ) is a broad term for Japanese porcelain made in the area around the town of Arita , in the ...
This is a list of Japanese artists. This list is intended to encompass Japanese who are primarily fine artists. This list is intended to encompass Japanese who are primarily fine artists. For information on those who work primarily in film, television, advertising, manga, anime, video games, or performance arts, please see the relevant ...
From the middle of the 11th century to the 16th century, Japan imported much Chinese celadon greenware, white porcelain, and blue-and-white ware. Japan also imported Chinese pottery as well as Korean and Vietnamese ceramics. Such Chinese ceramics (tenmoku) were regarded as sophisticated items, which the upper classes used in the tea ceremony ...
Some of the paintings were imported directly from China. The titles of the works are descriptive rather than the artists' titles; therefore it is possible to find alternate names in the literature for a given work. [5] Beginning in the mid-6th century, as Buddhism was brought to Japan from Baekje, religious art was introduced from the mainland.
This list of Living National Treasures of Japan (crafts) contains all the individuals and groups certified as Living National Treasures by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of the government of Japan in the category of the Japanese crafts (工芸技術, Kōgei Gijutsu).
Name: name as registered in the Database of National Cultural Properties [4] Artist: name of the artist if known; Remarks: additional information such as style, special materials, techniques or notable owners; Date: period and year; the column entries sort by year. If the entry can only be dated to a time-period, they sort by the start year of ...
The list of Japanese ceramics sites (日本の陶磁器産地一覧, Nihon no tōjiki sanchi ichiran) consists of historical and existing pottery kilns in Japan and the Japanese pottery and porcelain ware they primarily produced. The list contains kilns of the post-Heian period.