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bizen'yaki 備前焼 ✓

Bizen 備前 ware. Pottery made in the Inbe 伊部 village of Bizen Province, now known as Wakegun 和気郡 in Okayama Prefecture. The…

Art History, Crafts
igayaki 伊賀焼

Iga 伊賀 ware. A stoneware ceramic made in Iga (now Maruhashira 丸柱 village), Mie Prefecture and in a few nearby villages. The…

Art History, Crafts
imariyaki 伊万里焼 ✓

Imari ware. A general term for porcelain from the Arita 有田 region of Saga Prefecture, but not including the Kakiemon 柿右衛門…

Art History, Crafts
inrō 印籠

Lit. seal caddy. A tiered rectangular or circular container used originally for seals but later for medicines and other…

Art History, Crafts
iro-e 色絵

Lit. colored picture.

1 A metalwork term for the soldering of thin sheets of gold, silver, or other…

Art History, Crafts
irogami 色紙

1 Paper dyed various colors using one of several techniques: sen'izome 繊維染 (raw fibers dyed before…

Art History, Crafts

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JAANUS is the on-line Dictionary of Japanese Architectural and Art Historical Terminology compiled by Dr. Mary Neighbour Parent.

Originally built by the Atsumi International Scholarship Foundation, it is now hosted and maintained by the Media Center for Art History at Columbia University