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Hasami Ware: Nagasaki Porcelain for Everyday Tables
Hasami ware is the everyday porcelain of Nagasaki Prefecture, made from Amakusa stone and painted in cobalt gosu...
AritaArita Ware: The Story of Japan's First Porcelain
Japan’s first porcelain emerged in the hills of Saga in the early 1600s. Arita’s cobalt-and-white bowls, Kakiemon enamels,...
KutaniWhat Is Kutani Ware? A Beginner’s Guide to Japan’s Colorful Porcelain
Kutani ware is Japanese porcelain at its most painterly: vivid overglaze color, confident linework, and motifs that range...
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ゼンキルン 誌
Stories, studies & care from the workshop
Deep dives into kilns, glazes, and the wares behind them.
A guide to Hagi ware from Yamaguchi Prefecture: its Korean and Mori-clan origins, daido clay and ash glazes, the seven changes of nanabake, kannyu crackle, and how to...
Living with and caring for handmade Japanese pieces.
Four ongoing series from the workshop — pick a thread and follow it.
Every story in the Journal, newest first.
