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*Kinrande 金襴手 - a ceramics technique in which gold foil designs are placed atop the enamel layer; it is then incised and re-fired. It's a technique named for how the designs are said to resemble silk brocades. With handling, the gold quickly begins to wear away. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/21757931239/in/dateposted-public/]
*Kinrande 金襴手 - a ceramics technique in which gold foil designs are placed atop the enamel layer; it is then incised and re-fired. It's a technique named for how the designs are said to resemble silk brocades. With handling, the gold quickly begins to wear away. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/21757931239/in/dateposted-public/]
*Surnames - Townspeople and villagers in Tokugawa Japan were not forbidden from having surnames - they were only forbidden from using surnames in certain (most) official contexts, e.g. writing their full name on official documents. - Herman Ooms, Tokugawa Village Practice, 132.
*After the death of the [[Xuande Emperor]] in [[1435]], many pottery kilns which had up until then enjoyed imperial patronage fell into decline. The quality of ceramics declined, as well. Those kilns had to turn to merchant and commoner customers, and to overseas buyers. Meanwhile, however, pottery at [[Jingdezhen]] began to see some improvement at that same time. - Gallery labels, British Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/21932676782/in/dateposted-public/]
*After the death of the [[Xuande Emperor]] in [[1435]], many pottery kilns which had up until then enjoyed imperial patronage fell into decline. The quality of ceramics declined, as well. Those kilns had to turn to merchant and commoner customers, and to overseas buyers. Meanwhile, however, pottery at [[Jingdezhen]] began to see some improvement at that same time. - Gallery labels, British Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/21932676782/in/dateposted-public/]