The painting of Phoenix that glares in all directions by Katsushika Hokusai In 1843, a great painter visited the small village Obuse in Shinshu (today’s Nagano Prefecture). The place where you can see the painting of Phoenix even today. Hokusai and Obuse The great painter was Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849). He was 83 years old at that time. […]
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Katakuchi sake servers of the Japanese ceramic, tin product, and cut glass Commonly, the Japanese people temporarily pour sake water in a bottle (tokkuri) or server (katakuchi) before they drink it with a cup (choko or guinomi). When they drink sake, they enjoy not only the taste of the water but also the feeling of the
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Traditional Japanese southern cast iron (Nambu Tekki) company, Oigen <p style=”text-align: center;”><a title=”Oigen Nambu Ironware Sukiyaki & Dumplings Iron Pan Ca-4 26cm Japan Import :972″ href=”https://www.amazon.com/Oigen-Nambu-Ironware-Sukiyaki-Dumplings/dp/B000IGKOEI?SubscriptionId=AKIAJRKC6WE3NL42JJSQ&tag=hachihachi-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B000IGKOEI” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”><img src=”https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51wXIR5pYVL.jpg” alt=”Oigen Nambu Ironware Sukiyaki & Dumplings Iron Pan Ca-4 26cm Japan Import :972″ width=”500″ height=”500″ /></a></p> In the 17th century, the history of the Nambu Tekki started
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Hagi ware pottery, born for Matcha chawan cups In Azuchi-Momoyama Period (1568-1600), the long provincial war in Japan was about to end. The influential daimyos and samurais had to have the social skills for building up the good hierarchical or diplomatic relationships. What most of them could do was the tea ceremony. The tea ceremony had
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Japanese vases of the traditional blue and white (Sometsuke) Imari (Arita) ware ceramic Imari (Arita) ware is the oldest porcelain in Japan. Also, the ceramic has the oldest history of the Sometsuke technique in the country. Sometsuke is the way to paint on a white porcelain with zaffer pigment. It was invented in China
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Plum Estate, Kameido from “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo” woodblock prints As if the blooming plum flowers gave out the fragrance for us. It is one of the ukiyo-e series of “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo” by Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige (1797-1858). The Plum Estate in Kameido was the vacation house of the wealthy
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Awa, Naruto Whirlpool from “Famous Views of the Sixty-odd Provinces” The swirling currents beat the angular rocks and splash water about. As if the whirlpool swallows up those who look the print. It is one of the representative works of Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige (1797-1858) who was the master‐hand at the landscape paintings in the ukiyo-e world. Hiroshige worked on
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Traditional Hagi-yaki for the Japanese sake flask tokkuri and katakuchi When it comes to the Japanese ceramics, there are the various producing areas. And each of them has the characters. If you look for a sake bottle which has simple and profound charm, I recommend Hagi ware. Compared with Imari (Arita) ware or Kutani
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Saga Prefecure traditional crafts Arita/Imari tableware tea and coffee cups Arita-yaki (Imari-yaki) has the longest history as the Japanese porcelain. Before the Arita ceramic, there was the pottery (earthware) only around the country. The porcelain has attracted the people in not only the small island but also the other countries. When it comes to
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Traditional but not old-fashioned ceramic or cast iron teapot kyusu The culture of Japan also has continued to change day by day. Meanwhile, the unchanged traditional crafts became to receive the reputation of “out‐of‐date” in the country. The people overseas firstly had found much of interest in but the East ethnic products gradually lost
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