Haji pottery

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Large Haji pottery jar
Sendai, Miyagi

Haji pottery (土師器, Hajiki) is a type of plain, unglazed, reddish-brown

Japanese history. It was used for both ritual and utilitarian purposes, and many examples have been found in Japanese tombs, where they form part of the basis of dating archaeological sites.[1]

History

Haji ware evolved in the 4th century AD (during the

Sue ware
forms.

Also during this time, the Haniwa clay figurines were produced.

In the Nara period, Haji ware was often burnished and smoke-blackened by being fired in an oxygen-reduction atmosphere but at low temperatures. This sub-style is known as kokushoku-doki.

Haji ware came to an end with the development of glazes and ceramics in the late Heian period.

During a 2007 underwater archaeology survey on Ojikajima by the Asian Research Institute of Underwater Archaeology, examples of Chinese ceramics and Haji ware were recovered.[3]

Characteristics

Haji ware is typically a rust-red pottery, made of

kilns.[4]

Most of Haji ware is undecorated and has wide rims. However, ritual and funerary objects were also made in the form of houses, boats, animals, women, hunters, musicians, and warriors, which were often placed inside tombs

Hachiōji, Tokyo has a globular body, averted mouth, rounded base, solid triangular handle, painted in dark grey pigment on one side with a human
face painted on the front.

References

  1. ^ L. Smith, V. Harris and T. Clark, Japanese art: masterpieces in (London, The British Museum Press, 1990) <https://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/asia/h/haji_ware_standing_bowl_tazza.aspx>.
  2. ^ “haji ware." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2008. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 23 Mar. 2008 <http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9038831>.
  3. ^ Mansion , Chisan. "Topics & Information." Asian Research Institute of Underwater Archaeology. 24 Aug. 2007. 23 Mar. 2008 <http://www.h3.dion.ne.jp/~uwarchae/english-index.htm Archived 2017-05-07 at the Wayback Machine>.
  4. ^ "Haji-Ware Bowl." Artfact. 1 2008. 23 Mar. 2008 <http://www.artfact.com/catalog/viewLot.cfm?lotCode=15VZH1B5>.
  5. ^ "Pottery Archived 2009-10-28 at the Wayback Machine," Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia 2007. Archived 2009-11-01.
  • Wilson, Richard L (1999). Inside Japanese Ceramics: Primer of Materials, Techniques, and Traditions. Weatherhill,
    ISBN 0-8348-0442-5
    .
  • Honolulu Academy of Arts (2005). Yakimono:4000 years of Japanese Ceramics. Honolulu Academy of Arts,
    ISBN 0-937426-67-9
    .

External links

Media related to Haji pottery at Wikimedia Commons

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