Pottery styles There are over 50 famous pottery towns and districts across Japan, each with their own characteristics and differences in the clay, glaze and firing method used. Below is a list of some of the most popular pottery styles and related sightseeing spots: Arita-yaki A must-see dest...
Katsumata went to study industrial design in France, where she met a female ceramic artist who used hand-built forms to express herself in a free and spontaneous manner. The freshness of this artist’s work made such an impression on Katsumata that she began making pottery herself. It was al...
Template:Japanese art history Japanese art covers a wide range of art styles and media, including ancient pottery, sculpture in wood and bronze, ink painting on silk and paper and more recently manga, cartoon, along with a myriad of other types of works
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However, with Daiko Sogen's help, he became an adopted child of Ryozen when he was around 12 or 13 years of age. After that, he researched the making of pottery, and in 1817 (14th year of the Bunka Era), he succeeded to the name of Zengoro. Then, in 1827 (10th year of the ...
However, if you are totally mad,you can take an ice bath by registering HERE in advance. Winter is usually a time to stay inside, keep warm, and not go jumping into pools of freezing water. However, one New Year tradition at Teppozu Inari Shrine has people leaping into an ice-cold ba...
After his untimely death in a climbing accident in 2006, The Times described Edward Hughes as 'one of studio pottery's best kept secrets'. This retrospective exhibition was a revelation, a collection of bold and masterful traditional studio pottery. Hughes developed an interest in ceramics at ...
Discover the Japanese traditional technique of transforming broken ceramic objects into revitalized art pieces, Kintsugi Repair the broken pottery with the stunning gold dust to re-create a unique and memorable art piece Get to wear a Japanese traditional craftsman's uniform, a "samue" in this tra...
pottery of Nara City and Yamatokoriyama City in Nara Prefecture, a region dotted with ceramic workshops. Although its origin is unclear, it is said that during the Momoyama period, the lord of Yamatokoriyama, Toyotomi Hidenaga, first built a workshop on Akahada Mountain in the village of ...
The origins of painting in Japan date well back into Japan's prehistoric period. Simple stick figures and geometric designs can be found on Jōmon period pottery and Yayoi period (300 BC – 300 AD) dotaku bronze bells. Mural paintings with both geometric and figurative designs have been found...