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Noborigama
JP: 登り窯/のぼりがま
A style of kiln for firing ceramic products. The kiln is chambered and built on a slope. Products are put in each chamber, and a fir...
Oniwa-yaki
JP: 御庭焼/おにわやき
Pottery and porcelain which craftsmen made under the orders of those daimyo (Japanese feudal lords) who had a kiln in the grounds of...
Oranda Higashi Indo Gaisha (The Dutch East India Company)
JP: オランダ東インド会社/おらんだひがしいんどがいしゃ
The Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, VOC) was a chartered company established in 1602 t...
Ri Sanpei (Yi Sam-pyeong)
JP: 李参平/りさんぺい
A Korean potter, who was captured and brought back to Japan from Korea at the time of Japanese invasion of Korea by Toyotomi Hideyos...
Ri Sanpei No Hi (Monument of Ri Sanpei)
JP: 李参平の碑/りさんぺいのひ
Erected in 1917, in the area of Tozan shrine in Arita town, in celebration of 300 years of Arita porcelain production. It stan...
Sarayama
JP: 皿山/さらやま
The name for any place where pottery and porcelain is produced.
Sekki
JP: 炻器/せっき
Pottery made of clay and not glazed. Since Sekki is fired at a high temperature (1200-1300 ℃) for a long time (some kilns take 2 weeks!...
Seto-yaki
JP: 瀬戸焼/せとやき
Generic name for pottery and porcelain products made in and around Seto, Aichi prefecture. Pottery production started in the Kamakura...
Setomono
JP: 瀬戸物/せともの
An alternative term for Seto-yaki of Aichi prefecture, Japan. This term is also used as generic name for all pottery and porcelain pr...
Shibata Akihiko (1940 -2004)
JP: 柴田明彦/しばたあきひこ
A collector of Old Imari pieces (mainly from the Edo period, 17th-19th century) for 40 years with his wife Yuko. They donated 10,...
Shibata-fusai Collection (The Shibata collection)
JP: 柴田夫妻コレクション/しばたふさいこれくしょん
The collection of Mr. and Mrs. Shibata, mainly consisting of Old-Imari pieces. They have donated 10,311 pieces to The ...