Large Bowl with Cloud Brocade Design in Overglaze Enamels 色絵桜紅葉文大鉢（雲錦手）イロエサクラモミジモンオオバチ(ウンキンデ)
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Nin'ami Dôhachi (1783-1855) was a disciple of Okuda Eisen (1753-1811) and a well-known Kyôyaki potter at the end of the Edo period (1615-1868). The polychrome design of cherry blossoms and maple leaves allude to a poem, which can be rendered, The cherry blossoms of Mount Yoshino look like clouds, while the maple leaves of the Tatsuta River resemble brocade. Hence, this motif style, which was a specialty of Dôhachi, is called the cloud brocade (J., kumo nishiki).
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National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
The National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (NICH) comprise four National Museums (Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum, and Kyushu National Museum) and two National Research Institutes for Cultural Properties (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, and Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties), as well as the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) in Sakai City, for a total of seven institutions.
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March 16, 2026