Jikku Nanayama

jikku nanayama
JP: 十区七山/じっくななやま A term applied to those areas which were allowed to use porcelain claystone from Izumiyama quarry in the Edo period. Jikku areas...

Jikku Nanayama

jikku nanayama
JP: 十区七山/じっくななやま A term applied to those areas which were allowed to use porcelain claystone from Izumiyama quarry in the Edo period. Jikku areas...

Jingdezhen (Town of Jingdge)

china
JP: 景徳鎮/けいとくちん A city in northeastern Jiangxi province, China. It is well known for being the porcelain capital of China.

Kakiotoshi

decoration technique

JP: 掻落/かきおとし

Kamamoto

kamamoto
JP: 窯元/かまもと Japanese word for companies who produce pottery and porcelain products. The word is used to describe both the place where the items ar...

Kaolin

clay mineral
JP: カオリン/かおりん White clay mineral for pottery and porcelain production. Raw material for pottery and porcelain products. Key characteristics are ex...

Karamono

from China
JP: 唐物/からもの Antique pottery and porcelain products, imported into Japan from China.

Kiji

greenware
JP: 生地/きじ An item made of claystone which has not yet been fired. In English, this is known as greenware. Also called as Soji.

Kinrande

17-18th centuries

JP: 金襴手/きんらんで

Kinsai (Gold Painting)

gold painting

JP: 金彩/きんさい

Koraimono

koraimono
JP: 高麗物/こうらいもの Antique pottery and porcelain imported into Japan from various Korean islands from the 16th century onwards.