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Labor and porcelain in Japan (1882)

Van Buren, Thomas B. (Thomas Brodhead), 1824-1889, United States. Department of State · Yokohama : Printed at the "Japan Gazette" office · leaf 100

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as Imari is made at a place called Arita,but painted at Imari. The colors in use are red, blue,green, and gold. These are combined in various pro.portions, but as a rule the red predominates. Generallyth§ surface of the vessel is divided into medallions orfigures which alternately have red, blue,… … Kaqa of^ Kutani Px.ate, (IN POSSESSION OF THE WRITER. ) [ 9 ] in speaking of clays, this ware is made from clay withno admixture of fusible matter except what the claycontains naturally. The province of Satsuma is noted for crackled ware.It cannot be classed as a true porcelain, or rather it isa…

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