Wednesday, September 17, 2003

Astronomical Surface Decorations on Ceramics, Japan part XIII (45 min. more web surfing you don't have to do.) More googleing with the suggested terms from 2 days ago...not much luck, but here are the results: tenmon meaning astronomy. tenmon tamba  - 7 hits, nothing tenmon tôgei  - 0 hits tenmon tôji - 0 hits tenmon yakimono - 4 hits, nothing tenmon ceramics - 14 hits, nothing tenmon pottery - 11 hits, nothing tenmon vase - 15 hits, nothing tenmon clay, - 28 hits, nothing tenmon pot - 20 hits, nothing tenmon art - 294 hits,  nothing, but I did get to see Masayuki Nagre's "Heaven's Portal" sculpture. Perhaps star charts were state secrets in Japan as well as in China... Of course this shooting in the dark with Japanese and English terms may not  be the best method.... 1:32:22 PM