- Ai-Kutani
- obsolescent and misleading name for a group of mid-17th-century Arita blue-and-white porcelains century Arita blue-and-white porcelains
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- Aka-e
- ceramics decorated in polychrome overglazed enamels, or those enamels
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- Ao-(Aode) Ko-Kutani
- more properly Ao-Kutani; so called Green Kutani wares, actually made in Arita
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- awabi
- abalone, the mollusc Haliotis or its shell
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- bijin
- 'beautifull woman', in normal usage referring to a courtesan
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- dagregister
- Dutch; also daghregister), official daily records kept by the Opperhoofd (q.v.) of the Dutch Factory (q.v.) on Deshima
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- daikon (mark)
- literally a radish, a shape found as a mark of unknown significance on some Arita porcelains
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- Factory
- the trading station of the European (or Chinese) nation in an Eastern country
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- fuku (mark)
- 'good luck'; used as a commendation mark on some Arita porcelains
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- Fuyo-de (or fuyode)
- 'flower-shaped', referring to the Chinese Wanli export porcelain wares known to the Dutch as Kraak
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- Gosu-aka-e
- old word for Chinese enamelled porcelain, now only used for the Swatow wares
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- han
- feudal domain
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- hoo (or ho-o)
- Chinese phoenix
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- imari
- category of enamelware developed for the Japanese export trade with a variety of types; also, the name of the port on the northwestern tip of Kyushu Island, close to Arita, from where the porcelain produce was shipped to other parts of Japan.
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- jubako
- a stack of tiered boxes
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- kake hanaike
- hanging wall vase
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- karako
- traditional form of Chinese boy
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- karakusa
- arabesque scrolling pattern, a design of intertwined plant-like scrolls
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- kendi
- a globular drinking vessel with a tall neck and a mammiform spout
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- kin (mark)
- gold, a commendation mark used on some Arita porcelain
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- kiri
- Paulownia
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- kiri-mon
- the Paulownia-flower crest of the Tokugawa family
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- kirin
- Japanese version of the Chinese kylin, a mythical beast, a fiery horse
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- Ko-aka-e
- old word for Chinese coloured porcelain, now usually applied to Swatow wares
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- Ko-Kutani
- a group of mid-17th-century Arita porcelains of distinctive style, possibly made for export to South-East Asia, formerly attributed to the Kutani kilns of Kaga
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- koro
- a usually bowl-shaped incense burner with a pierced lid
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- Ko-Sometsuke
- old blue-and-white, usually applied to the Chinese Tianqi wares made for export to Japan
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- kotobuki (mark)
- 'congratulations'; New Year greeting; a mark used on some Arita porcelain
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- Kutani (ware)
- generic name for a group of mid-17th-century porcelains now known to have been made in Arita, previously attributed to the Kutani kilns of Kaga
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- Kyo-yaki
- old Kyoto earthenwares
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- minogame
- a terrapin or tortoise so old that water weed grows on its carapace; sometimes carrying an Immortal on its back. Misunderstood in Europe as the 'flaming tortoise' pattern
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- mon
- family crest, almost equivalent of coat-of-arms
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- nigoshide
- the milky-white porcellaneous body of some of the Kakiemon wares
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- noborigama
- the stepped, chambered, high-firing kiln used at Arita (and elsewhere)
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- noshi
- a long thin strip of abalone with auspicious connotations usually attached to a gift or to an offering to the gods
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- obi
- sash
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- Opperhoofd
- (Dutch) Chief or Head Merchant on Decima, also called the Captain, who supervised the trading activities of the Dutch Factory (q.v.)
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- ruri
- the blue background colour of sprayed or painted cobalt sometimes found on Arita porcelain
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- ruyi
- part of a Chinese sceptre of formalised fungus shape
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- sennin
- Immortals who as humans reach a state of Enlightenment
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- shishi
- Buddhist lion or lion-dog
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- soba
- Japanese buckwheat noodles
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- temmoku
- black or brown iron glaze (or both). The Japanese name derives from the Chinese Tianmu Shan, an early production site
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- tsuba
- sword guard
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- tsubaki
- camellia or camellia flower
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- Ukiyo-e
- 'pictures of the floating world'. Prints and paintings from the 16th to the 17th century made for the townsmen and mostly depicting actors, courtesans, and so forth
|
|
Back to previous page
|
- Yamato-e
- an early and long-lasting tradition of Japanese painting not based on Chinese calligraphic brushstrokes, but upon outlined colour; the traditional style of the Imperial Court in Kyoto, as opposed to the Shogunal Court
|
|
Back to previous page
|
