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| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
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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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| yūyaku 釉薬 | Also yū 釉 or uwagusuri. Glaze. In the heat of firing, clay particles vitrify to form a glass matter… |
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| yūzen-zome 友禅染 | Yūzen style dyeing. A form of paste-resist dyeing with beautiful colors and pictorial designs named after the Kyoto… |
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