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Lit. "Japanese things." A term used in *chanoyu 茶湯 in contradistinction to *karamono 唐物. It is often used for *chaire 茶入 made of Japanese materials. During the Momoyama and Edo periods, wamono were produced in Karatsu (*karatsuyaki 唐津焼), Takatori (*takatoriyaki 高取焼), Bizen (*bizen'yaki 備前焼), Satsuma (*satsumayaki 薩摩焼), Tanba (*tanbayaki 丹波焼), Zeze 膳所, and Shigaraki (*shigarakiyaki 信楽焼).