Karatsu ware

E787337

Japanese pottery stoneware traditional craft

Karatsu ware is a traditional Japanese pottery style from the Karatsu area, celebrated for its rustic aesthetics, natural glazes, and long history of use in tea ceremony and everyday tableware.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Karatsu pottery	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese pottery ⓘ stoneware ⓘ traditional craft ⓘ
associatedWith	Japanese tea culture ⓘ wabi-cha ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
culturalStatus	traditional Japanese craft ⓘ
flourishedInCentury	16th century ⓘ 17th century ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	iron-rich clay body ⓘ natural glazes ⓘ rustic aesthetics ⓘ simple decoration ⓘ spontaneous design ⓘ subtle brushwork ⓘ wabi-sabi aesthetic ⓘ warm earthy tones ⓘ
hasType	Ao-karatsu NERFINISHED ⓘ Chosen-karatsu NERFINISHED ⓘ E-karatsu NERFINISHED ⓘ Kuro-karatsu NERFINISHED ⓘ Madara-karatsu NERFINISHED ⓘ Mishima-karatsu NERFINISHED ⓘ Muji-karatsu NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Momoyama period NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy	Chinese pottery ⓘ Korean pottery ⓘ
material	local clay ⓘ
namedAfter	Karatsu NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Karatsu NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyushu NERFINISHED ⓘ Saga Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Hizen region NERFINISHED ⓘ
typicalGlaze	ash glaze ⓘ iron glaze ⓘ straw ash glaze ⓘ
typicalMotif	geometric patterns ⓘ grasses ⓘ plants ⓘ
typicalTechnique	kiln firing ⓘ underglaze iron painting ⓘ wheel throwing ⓘ
usedFor	bowls ⓘ everyday tableware ⓘ flower vases ⓘ plates ⓘ sake vessels ⓘ tea bowls ⓘ tea ceremony ⓘ water jars ⓘ

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Saga Prefecture → knownFor → Karatsu ware ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Karatsu pottery