Japan (Country)

Japanese Pottery Master Kumagae Yasuo 陶磁器, Tōjiki, 焼きもの Yakimono,陶芸 Tōgei

Pottery and porcelain (陶磁器, tōjiki, also 焼きもの yakimono, or 陶芸 tōgei), is one of the oldest Japanese crafts and art forms, dating back to the Neolithic period. Kilns have produced earthenware, pottery, stoneware, glazed pottery, glazed stoneware, porcelain, and blue-and-white ware. Japan has an exceptionally long and successful history of ceramic production. Earthenwares were created […]

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Living Arts of Japan

"Living Arts of Japan" is a film about seven distinguished and prominent Japanese artists of the 20th century, each working in a different medium: Shoji Hamada, potter Kenkichi Tomimoto, ceramic art Kako Moriguchi, Yuzen dyeing (for kimonos) Gonroku Matsuda, lacquer art Chikuunsai Tanabe, bamboo weaver Shiko Munakata, woodblock artist Seison Maeda, traditional painter Some of

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