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[[File:Tsuboya-shisa.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Ceramic dragons and ''[[shisa]]'' on display at a shop in Tsuboya]]
*''Okinawan'': 焼物 ''(yachimun)''
Pottery was first introduced to [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû]] from China during the [[Gusuku]] Period (c. 1100s-1400s). [[Tsuboya wares]], produced in the Tsuboya district of [[Naha]], are the most well-known style of Ryukyuan pottery, and the most strongly associated with Ryûkyû. In addition to dishes, vessels, and roof tiles, Ryukyuan pottery is especially known for the production of funerary urns, and ''[[shisa]]'', lion-like guardians placed on rooftops and at gates to protect homes and other spaces from evil spirits.
The court ordered many of the potters in the kingdom to relocate to the Tsuboya district in [[1682]], creating Tsuboya as a major center of pottery production, and sparking the emergence of a distinctive Tsuboya style. [[Kumejima]], [[Miyakojima]], and [[Ishigakijima]] remain major centers of pottery production as well.
In Okinawa, the terms ''jôyachi'' (上焼, "completed wares") and ''arayachi'' (荒焼, "rough wares") are used to refer, respectively, to glazed and unglazed ceramics.
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==References==
*Gallery labels, Okinawa Prefectural Museum.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Art and Architecture]]
*''Okinawan'': 焼物 ''(yachimun)''
Pottery was first introduced to [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû]] from China during the [[Gusuku]] Period (c. 1100s-1400s). [[Tsuboya wares]], produced in the Tsuboya district of [[Naha]], are the most well-known style of Ryukyuan pottery, and the most strongly associated with Ryûkyû. In addition to dishes, vessels, and roof tiles, Ryukyuan pottery is especially known for the production of funerary urns, and ''[[shisa]]'', lion-like guardians placed on rooftops and at gates to protect homes and other spaces from evil spirits.
The court ordered many of the potters in the kingdom to relocate to the Tsuboya district in [[1682]], creating Tsuboya as a major center of pottery production, and sparking the emergence of a distinctive Tsuboya style. [[Kumejima]], [[Miyakojima]], and [[Ishigakijima]] remain major centers of pottery production as well.
In Okinawa, the terms ''jôyachi'' (上焼, "completed wares") and ''arayachi'' (荒焼, "rough wares") are used to refer, respectively, to glazed and unglazed ceramics.
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==References==
*Gallery labels, Okinawa Prefectural Museum.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Art and Architecture]]