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Okuda Eisen (1753–1811) was among the first artisans to make porcelain in Kyoto. He crafted this bowl in a style inspired by Chinese blue-and-white porcelain imported to Japan in the early 1600s. Such porcelain often had low-quality glazes that left some of the clay exposed, an effect that Eisen deliberately recreated here.
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ColBase
"ColBase: Integrated Collections Database of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan" is a service that enables a multi-database search of the collections in the four national museums (To...
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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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September 21, 2026