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*''Japanese'': 土器 ''(kawarake)''
''Kawarake'' are simple round earthenware dishes, used for a variety of purposes. They were in particular used for [[sake|saké]] exchanges between medieval samurai lords during a process of sizing up one another's status or hierarchical power relative to the other; after the exchange of drinks, the plates would be broken.
Such dishes are found (albeit most often in pieces) in incredible numbers at medieval sites such as [[Ichijodani|Ichijôdani]]. Yet because of their simplicity, and perhaps because of their incredible number (i.e. lack of rarity) they are very rarely collected or shown in major museums.
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==References==
*Morgan Pitelka, "Reading Medieval Ruins: A Material History of Urban Life in 16th-Century Japan," talk given at University of Michigan, Feb 20, 2020.[https://www.medievalists.net/2020/03/reading-medieval-ruins-a-material-history-of-urban-life-in-16th-century-japan/]
[[Category:Art and Architecture]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]
''Kawarake'' are simple round earthenware dishes, used for a variety of purposes. They were in particular used for [[sake|saké]] exchanges between medieval samurai lords during a process of sizing up one another's status or hierarchical power relative to the other; after the exchange of drinks, the plates would be broken.
Such dishes are found (albeit most often in pieces) in incredible numbers at medieval sites such as [[Ichijodani|Ichijôdani]]. Yet because of their simplicity, and perhaps because of their incredible number (i.e. lack of rarity) they are very rarely collected or shown in major museums.
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==References==
*Morgan Pitelka, "Reading Medieval Ruins: A Material History of Urban Life in 16th-Century Japan," talk given at University of Michigan, Feb 20, 2020.[https://www.medievalists.net/2020/03/reading-medieval-ruins-a-material-history-of-urban-life-in-16th-century-japan/]
[[Category:Art and Architecture]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]