Kuchibeni

decoration technique

JP: 口紅/くちべに

Kuchibeni

decoration technique

JP: 口紅/くちべに

Kunaichogoyotatsu (The Royal Warrant)

fukagawaseiji
JP: 宮内庁御用達/くないちょうごようたつ Also named Kunaicho goyotashi, meaning companies that are purveyors to the Imperial Palace. In the case of Arita ware, Kora...

Kushimekodai

kushimekodai
JP: 櫛目高台/くしめこうだい Vertical stripes around the foot of items―a pattern only seen in Nabeshima-style products.

Kutani-yaki

kanazawa
JP: 九谷焼/くたにやき Porcelain products, made mainly in Kanazawa, Komatsu, and Kaga in Ishikawa prefecture.

Kyushu Toji Bunkakan (The Kyushu Ceramic Museum)

ceramics display
JP: 九州陶磁文化館/きゅうしゅうとうじぶんかかん A museum, displaying ceramics mainly from the Hizen area (around Arita town), and Kyushu. You can see various ceramics ...

Madoe

madoe

JP: 窓絵/まどえ

Mikomi

inside
JP: 見込み/みこみ The inside of porcelain and pottery products, sometimes also used to describe the base of the inside.

Monohara

monohara
JP: 物原/ものはら The place where rejected items and pieces of broken kiln wall are disposed. Some Monoharas have been known to build up to a mountain o...

Nabeshima

nabeshima
JP: 鍋島/なべしま Porcelain products, regarded as the best example of Japanese porcelain, made at the kiln owned by the Nabeshima clan. In the 17th cent...

Namagake

namagake
JP: 生掛け/なまがけ One of the methods of glazing, done before biscuit firing.

Netsuke

japanese
JP: 根付/ねつけ Miniature sculptures, which are attached to the end of the cords of a pouch for personal belongings: tobacco, money, medicines etc.

Nigoshide

kakiemon
JP: 濁し手/にごしで The natural, warm, milky color of porcelain in its unpainted state. Using Nigoshide as a background color is often associated with Ka...