[Japanese ancient art] Ancient Kutani incense burner with red painted gold railings Kutani Shozo

Kutani-yaki (Japanese: Kutani-yaki/くたにやきKutani-yaki) is one of the categories of Japanese porcelain. It is a colorful porcelain produced in Kanazawa City, Komatsu City, Kaga City and Nomi City in southern Ishikawa Prefecture. Gorgeous paintings are the most distinctive feature of Kutani ware. The five colors of red, green, purple, yellow and cyan are the main glazing colors. Among them, red color is less used, and green, green and yellow are the main colors. The painting composition styles can be divided into the following types, namely dyed painting, green hand (painted hand), painted hand (five-color hand) and red painting (golden hand). Kutani Shozo's "Colored Gold Hands", which combines the advantages of Japanese and Western techniques, with gorgeous tones and exquisite oriental imagery composition, has indeed captured the attention of many Europeans in a short period of time. His professional work division method, This ensured that there would be no interruption in the production of Kutani ware, allowing Kutani ware to continuously enter the European market. It became one of the few representative porcelain handicrafts in Japan that was world-renowned. The painting style they painted led the entire The painting style of Kutani ware in the Meiji era is also known as "Sho Sanfeng".