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Doki (Underglazed Earthenware)
JP: 土器/どき
Unglazed earthenware, made of colored clay, fired at low temperature. In Japan, doki refers to jomon doki, yayoi doki, hajiki, sueki.
Gosaide
JP: 五彩手/ごさいで
Pottery or porcelain, overglazed with blue, green, yellow, violet and red, then fired. The term gosaide is used to refer both to the ...
Gosu
JP: 呉須/ごす
A natural mineral which consists mainly of cobalt oxide used in cobalt-blue pigment. Most of them were imported from mainly China. They ...
Gottfried Wagener (1831-1892)
JP: ゴットフリード・ワグネル/ごっとふりーど・わぐねる
German chemist, served as a technical advisor for the ceramic industry in Arita in 1870.
During his stay in Arita, ...
Goyogama (Official Kiln)
JP: 御用窯/ごようがま
A kiln, organized by an official clan in the Edo period to make wares exclusively for the nobility, used at parties among the lords ...
Hajiki
JP: 土師器/はじき
Plain and unglazed earthenware, made from the Kofun period (3rd-7th century) to the Heian period (9th-11th century) in Japanese histor...
