Tile ware - Gaki

This type of earthenware has a tile-like texture and was found mainly in the Kinki region from the Heian to Muromachi periods. It is made from fine clay and smoked to absorb carbon, giving the surface a black color and the interior a grayish-white color, with both the inside and outside polished to adjust. The majority of the vessels are bowls, but there are also small bowls and plates. Until now, they have been thought to have been hand-kneaded, but there is also a theory that they were made using inner molds. As excavations of medieval ruins progress, it has become clear that these vessels have also been unearthed from as far west as the Setouchi and Kyushu, and as far east as Kamakura.

[Masashi Matsushita]

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平安時代から室町時代にかけて近畿地方を中心に分布する瓦質(がしつ)の土器。精良な粘土を使用し、いぶし焼きして炭素を吸着させたもので、器表は黒色、器肉は灰白色を呈し、内外面に磨き調整がなされている。器形は椀(わん)が大半で、小椀・小皿もある。これまで手づくね成形とされていたが、内型を使用したとする説もある。中世遺跡の発掘が進むにつれ、西は瀬戸内・九州、東は鎌倉などからも出土することが明らかになってきた。

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