Liao San Cai (English spelling)

Japanese: 遼三彩 - りょうさんさい（英語表記）Liáo sān cǎi

Sancai pottery was fired in the Liao Dynasty of the Khitan people, who founded a state in northeastern China. As a nomadic people, the Khitan people did not of course have a pottery industry, but after awakening to national consciousness and establishing their state in 916, they sought to absorb Chinese culture and improve their culture, abducting potters from northern China to their territory and having them build kilns. The dry tile kiln near Chifeng City, Liaoning Province, is a representative kiln, and Liao sancai pottery was fired here. It dates back to the 1060s in the late Liao Dynasty, but it is believed that monochrome green-glazed and brown-glazed pottery were already being fired in the 10th century.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国の東北部に建国した契丹族の遼で焼造された三彩陶器。遊牧民族である契丹族は，むろん製陶業はもたなかったが，国家意識に目覚めて916年に建国すると中国文化の摂取につとめ，文化向上につとめ華北の陶工を領内に拉致して窯をきずかせた。遼寧省赤峰市に近い乾瓦（かんが）窯はその代表的な窯であり，ここで遼三彩は焼造された。その創始は遼後期の1060年代からであるが，単色の緑釉陶と褐釉陶はすでに10世紀に焼造していると思われる。

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