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Most scholars date satsuma ware's appearance to the late sixteenth [1] or early seventeenth century. [2] In 1597–1598, at the conclusion of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's incursions into Korea, Korean potters, which at the time were highly regarded for their contributions to ceramics and the Korean ceramics industry, were captured and forcefully brought to Japan to kick-start Kyūshū's non-existent ...
Still Life: Tea Set, c. 1781–1783, painting by Jean-Étienne Liotard. Tea caddy is in the back on the left, slop basin − on the right behind the sugar bowl. A Japanese slop basin; slop basins are a common item in tea sets which are used for tea which is no longer fresh and hot enough to drink An English hot water jug and creamer; both items are commonly included in tea sets; the hot water ...
Yamamotoyama (Japanese: 山本山) is a Japanese tea and seaweed manufacturer which traces its company's roots to 1690, claiming to be the oldest tea company in the world. [1] [2] The company began as a tea shop in Nihonbashi, and pioneered the production of gyokuro green tea in 1835. Yamamotoyama expanded to the U.S. in 1975. [1]
' tea box[es] ') are special lidded boxes containing the tea bowl, tea caddy, tea scoop and other equipment. They constitute portable tea-making sets for travel and making tea outdoors, and are available in many styles. The "rikyū model", made of plain paulownia wood, comes in a large size and a small size. The interior dimensions of the large ...
Golden Tea Room, in the MOA Museum of Art, Atami. The Golden Tea Room (黄金の茶室, Ōgon no chashitsu) was a portable gilded chashitsu (tea room) constructed during the late 16th century Azuchi–Momoyama period for the Japanese regent Lord Toyotomi Hideyoshi's tea ceremonies. The original Golden Tea Room is lost, but a number of ...
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Bodhisattva giving up his life so that a tiger family can feed their cubs; illustration of a Jataka tale on the base of the Tamamushi Shrine. The term "National Treasure" has been used in Japan to denote cultural properties since 1897, [1] [2] although the definition and the criteria have changed since the introduction of the term.
White tenmoku Ofuke ware bowl, medium stoneware with rice-straw ash glaze, between 1700–1850 Edo period. Tenmoku (天目, also spelled "temmoku" and "temoku") is a type of glaze that originates in imitating Chinese Jian ware (建盏) of the southern Song dynasty (1127–1279), [1] original examples of which are also called tenmoku in Japan.