| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
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| hagiyaki 萩焼 | ✓ | Hagi ware. A general name for pottery made in the Matsumoto, 松本, area of western Hagi City, and in Nagato Fukawa, 長門深川, in… |
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| hanpi 半臂 | Lit. half arm. A sleeveless short undergarment for aristocratic men. From the Nara through the early Heian periods, … |
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| heidatsu 平脱 | Ch. Pingtuo. A technique in which thin sheets of metal are cut into decorative shapes and set in a lacquer base;… |
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| heishi 瓶子 | Also heiji. A type of wine vessel with a long slim neck with narrow mouth and round bottom, or narrow mouth, round waist… | Art History, Crafts | |
| hidasukimon 火襷文 | ✓ | Fire-cord design. A decoration used on ceramics. While appearing accidental, this is a method created by the special… |
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| sahari 響銅 | Also written 佐波理. An alloy of copper containing less than ten percent tin, lead and zinc and of a pale yellowish color. It… |
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| sanageyō 猿投窯 | Sanage 猿投 kilns. A group of old kilns in an area stretching from the western area of modern Nagoya 名古屋 city to the northern… |
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| satsuma-yaki 薩摩焼 | Satsuma 薩摩 ware. A general name for pottery and porcelain made in Satsuma and Ōsumi 大隅 in Shimazu 島津 fief (modern Kagoshima… |
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| setoyaki 瀬戸焼 | Seto 瀬戸 ware. Pottery made in Seto city and nearby areas of modern Aichi Prefecture. The Seto area was the center of pottery… |
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| shari yōki 舎利容器 | Reliquary. A container for the bones of the Buddha *shari 舎利 placed in a stupa or pagoda. In… |
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| shibori-zome 絞染 | Tie dye. A name for a resist-dyeing technique and the fabric made by it. Shibori 絞 designates a huge variety of… |
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| shigarakiyaki 信楽焼 | ✓ | Shigaraki 信楽 ware. Sueki 須恵器 ware was made in this clay-rich area from early times, but a distinctive ware fired in… |
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| shijiko 四耳壷 | Ch: si'erhu. A jar with four lug handles (loop ears) around the mouth or neck of the jar, the handles may be round… |
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| shinoyaki 志野焼 | ✓ | Shino 志野 ware. One of the best known of the Mino wares *minoyaki 美濃焼, first… |
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| shippi 漆皮 | Lacquered leather. Untanned skins of cow, wild pig or deer are softened by soaking, wrapped around a mold to dry in the sun… |
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| shuchin 繻珍 | A satin textile woven with colored woofs to form a pattern, originating in Ming China. As more than seven colors were used,… |
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| sometsuke 染付 | Blue-and-white ware. A white pottery with indigo patterns. On the surface of white pottery, mainly porcelain, designs are… |
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| sukashibori 透彫 | ✓ | Openwork. A method of decoration in which a design is cut out of a plain surface. While sukashibori refers to… |
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| surihaku 摺箔 | Rubbed metal foil. A decorative technique for textiles in which metal foil is impressed on a design first drawn in paste.… |
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