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| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
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| oribeyaki 織部焼 | ✓ | Oribe 織部 ware. Produced mainly from 1600 to the 1630s, this high-fired pottery juxtaposing rich fluid glazes with abstract… |
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| ōyoroi 大鎧 | Lit. "big armor." The most formal type of armor for high-ranking samurai 侍, it was loose-fitting defensive… |
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| raden 螺鈿 | 1 A shell, especially mother-of-pearl, inlay technique commonly used for lacquer ware *… |
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| rakuyaki 楽焼 | ✓ | Raku 楽 ware. A light weight ceramic ware developed in Kyoto in the Momoyama period and particularly prized in the… |
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| rantai shikki 籃胎漆器 | The technique whereby bamboo strips are woven into shapes and coated with lacquer. Also called kagoji 籠地 (basket… |
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| ruri 瑠璃 | Lapis lazuli. Vaidurya in Sanskrit. Originally it meant lapis lazuli or emerald, but from the Six Dynasties period Chinese… |
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