Kurawanka

Japanese: くらわんか

During the Edo period, boats selling alcohol and food to passengers on board ships traveling up and down the Yodo River in Osaka were called kurawanka boats, and the poorly painted rice bowls used in this business were called kurawanka. It is said that this is a popular name that arose from the nickname "meal kurawanka." There is also a theory that it is crude Imari ware, but since porcelain began to be fired all over the country in the 19th century and is generally in the Imari style, it is difficult to judge. It was probably produced in the Kinai region. [Yabe Yoshiaki]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

江戸時代に大坂の淀川を上下する乗合船の船客に，酒や食物などを売った煮売船をくらわんか船といい，この商売に用いた下手な染付の飯茶碗の類を〈くらわんか〉と呼ぶ。〈飯くらわんか〉との呼び声から生じた俗称という。伊万里焼の粗製磁器という説もあるが，19世紀に入ると全国各地で磁器が焼かれるようになり，おおむね伊万里風であるところから，その判断はむずかしい。おそらく，畿内の産であろう。【矢部良明】

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