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

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…

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

Lit. colored picture.

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

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

Takatori 高取 ware. Made in Chikuzen 筑前 Province (modern Fukuoka Prefecture) of northern Kyūshū 九州, the Takatori kilns were…

Tanba 丹波 ware. Also called tachikui-yaki 立杭焼. One of the Six Old Kilns, a general name for a type of sueki…

Beating gold. Also called tanzō 緞造, uchimono 打物, tsuikin 鎚金 and kaji 鍛冶. A…

Lit. "hand box." Introduced from China as a comb box before the Heian period, they were popular with court women through the…

Chinese Tianmu tea bowls. Black-glazed stoneware bowls, with a conical shape, small foot and thin walls, divided into types…

A stand for a *tenmoku jawan 天目茶碗. Tenmoku 天目 stands were imported from China…

A black glaze used on straight-sided conical teabowls known as tenmoku ware *tenmoku…

Tea contest. Competitive parties featuring taste and classification of tea developed by Heian period aristocrats and wildly…

Tokoname 常滑 ware. A rugged, reddish brown stoneware produced from the 11th century in and around the town of Tokoname in…

Also written 当世冑. Contemporary helmet. A type of Japanese helmet based on southern barbarian *…

Also written 鍔. Sword guard. Tsuba protect the hand and balance the sword. In the Edo period when samurai…

Lit. "flowers at the crossing dyeing." A Muromachi period hybrid, decorative textile technique of combining tie-dyeing and…