Jomon- Coil built conical earthenware vessels with
impressed cord patterns. Small figures
with intricate abstract designs physically carved on the surface. Sculptural vessels with narrow bases
constructed of exposed coils. 10,000-300
BC
Yayoi-
Smooth surfaced
vessels of the Jomon style with refinement of form and combed decoration.
Haniwa/Hajiki - Cylindrical
forms constructed to make ritual figures associated with the tumulus period. Introduction
of slab techniques. Depictions of
warriors, horses, boats, and houses. 4th century.
Sueki- Wheel
formed vessels developing from earthenware to high fire techniques including
basic low temperature glazes. Kiln
technology and fine grained clay.
Gaki- Mass production methods
with vitreous clay technology.
Nara - Tang
influenced SanCai lead glaze with multi colored blotches and ending production
with the Heian period.
Seto Ware- Beginning in 1192 with the Kamakura period. Stoneware technology and the use of glaze composed
mainly of wood ash. Zen Buddhism influences aesthetic sence.
Old Seto- First ash glazed pottery. Basic yellow and Iron bearing colors. White feldspar bearing stoneware and high
iron stoneware clay bodies. Beginning of
ware made for the tea ceremony.
Mino Ware- Introduction of slab built vessels of unconventional
design for the tea ceremony and philosophical approaches for expression. Many styles of ware being produced with both
tube kilns and climbing kilns.
Shino/Oribe- Shino ware is handmade, never turned on the wheel, carved
with a razor and cut off with a spatula. The ware is decorated with linear
brush marks in high iron clay and covered in a glaze made of crushed
feldspathic rock. Oribe consists of
vessels for the formal presentation of food in the tea ceremony. Oribe is generally glazed in the same manner
as shino with the addition of ash glazed splashes. This ash glaze includes
copper and has a prominent green color.
Oribe ware was invented by the tea master Furuta Oribe and has an inventiveness
of form and abstract brush decoration.
Bizen- Ware
made in response to the common person.
High iron stoneware clay fired without applied glaze having light
natural ash effects.
Karatsu- Korean influenced ware made for the tea ceremony
and influenced by Oribe with a bit more refined brush decoration.
Hagi- Beginning
in the early Edo Period. Korean
influenced wares with lemon yellow, thin red, and egg shell crackle glaze
pallet. The style comes from a man named
Koraizaemon who passed on the Korean Bi Tung kiln methods and was championed by
a man named Yi Kyong of Korean decent.
Raku- Low
fired ware made in the late 16th for the changing taste in tea
ceremony practices as Chinese style wares became out of style. The ware is fast fired low temperature glaze
made with lead oxide that is quick cooled.
Kyoto Ware- Made from potters with training in the Seto kilns
employing very controlled form and an excellent understanding of kiln
technology. Refined brush work with
excellent control in glaze pallet and decorative composition. Movement began by Nonomura Ninsei.
Imari- True
porcelain ware beginning production in 1610.
Very fine brushwork with emphasis on decorative pattern and brush
control. Development of ware and
material led to full scale production around 1629.
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