Earthenware color (Kawakeiro)Earthenware color (Kawakeiro)

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2023.10.20

Can you read? Japan's traditional color "earthenware color" Earthenware is not read as "doki"













Earthenware color is thin like earthenware and has a warm reddish-yellow hue. Unglazed pottery that is offered before the shrine is called kawarake, and it is known as a traditional color created in the Edo period. It is said that earthenware used as everyday vessels in the imperial court during the Heian period was used for a variety of purposes, including oil trays for paper lanterns and earthenware throwing for target games.





Earthenware color = Kawarake color

 

 

Yoshitaka Miura, a military commander in the early Sengoku period, left behind a death poem that said, ``The one who attacks and the one who is defeated are like earthenware.What remains is the clay that was once broken.''When you die, you simply return to the clay. ``Dokiiro'' is pronounced as Kawarakeiro.







DIC-N973/Earthenware color (Kawara Keiro)




What is “Learn about Japan’s traditional colors”?
We will also introduce beautiful traditional Japanese colors, how to read their kanji, and the background behind the colors. Let's enjoy together the Japanese sensibilities that have been passed down since ancient times.

 

 


Reference books: “Beautiful Japanese Traditional Colors” published by PIE International, “365 Days of Poons Illustrated Book” written by Reki Seikatsu and published by Genkosha

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