Colored porcelain - Iroejiki

…Initially, it was simple Yi Dynasty-style blue and white porcelain, but from the end of the Kan'ei period to the Shoho period (1640s), influenced by blue and white and red-painted porcelain from the end of the Ming Dynasty, Sakaida Kakiemon began firing red-painted porcelain, and Arita's pottery industry grew rapidly. The Nabeshima clan, which had focused on porcelain firing in Arita, had already established a clan kiln in Arita Iwatanigawauchi in 1628 (Kan'ei 5) to fire products for the government. When Kakiemon began firing red-painted porcelain, the clan began to use his techniques to fire elaborate colored porcelain called Iro Nabeshima (Nabeshima ware), and the three styles of Arita porcelain, Imari, Kakiemon, and Nabeshima, were established. From then on, Arita porcelain monopolized most of the domestic market throughout the Edo period, and further developed through large-scale exports overseas, coming to occupy a central position in Japan's pottery industry. …

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "colored porcelain" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…当初は李朝風の素朴な染付磁器であったが，寛永末年から正保年間(1640年代)にかけて，明末の染付，赤絵の影響を受け，酒井田柿右衛門によって赤絵の焼造が始められると，有田の窯業は急速な成長をみた。有田における磁器焼造に着目した鍋島藩はすでに1628年(寛永5)，有田岩谷川内に藩窯を設け，御用品の焼造を行っていたが，柿右衛門の赤絵磁器が始まると，その技法を用いて色鍋島と呼ばれる精巧な色絵磁器を焼かせるようになり(鍋島焼)，有田磁器における伊万里，柿右衛門，鍋島の3様式の確立をみた。以後，江戸時代を通じて有田磁器は国内市場の大半を独占し，さらに大量の海外輸出によって発展を遂げ，日本窯業の中心的な位置を占めるにいたった。…

※「色絵磁器」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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