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Kakiemon|kɑːˈkiːeɪmɔːn| [f. the name of Sakaida Kakiemon, a 17th-c. Japanese potter.] A Japanese porcelain first made by Kakiemon at Arita, characterized by asymmetrical designs, large areas of undecorated porcelain, and the use of iron red enamel, with blue, green, and yellow enamels as foils; also, any porcelain in the style of Kakiemon, which was widely imitated in Europe. Also attrib.
1890J. L. Bowes Jap. Pott. 171 (heading), Arita wares. Kakiyemon ware... A tea bowl. 1902T. J. Larkin in W. G. Gulland Chinese Porc. II. 322 The shapes and decoration..never were appreciated..by them with the exception of the Kakiemon porcelain. 1906R. L. Hobson Porcelain xx. 187 The enamel painting was largely in the Kakiemon style,..a pattern consisting of one or two birds..and a spray of bamboo or plum. 1932W. A. Thorpe tr. Schmidt's Porc. as Art 20 The decoration which best kept the equivalence of white ground and coloured design was the type known as Kakiemon. 1965Finer & Savage in J. Wedgwood Sel. Lett. viii. 151 The Chelsea mark rarely appears on their extremely close copies of Japanese Kakiemon porcelain. 1970Oxf. Compan. Art 610 For refinement of shape, material, and decoration these kakiemon wares fully equal their Chinese counterparts. 1970Times 11 Mar. 12/6 Ten years ago Meissen copies of Kakiemon wares fetched about ten times the Japanese originals. |