Thursday, September 25, 2003


Astronomical Surface Decoration on Ceramics, Japan part XXII

I continue to looking at the suggested terms to see if I can get some info on this type of decoration on a Japanese pot....

seishin - star dragon worshipped in early Japanese religion

seishin 34,000 Google hits..shields up ... applying filters...

  • seishin tamba - 11 hits, seems to be proper names
  • seishin tôgei no hits.
  • seishin tôji - 1 hit, proper name.
  • seishin yakimono no hits.
  • seishin ceramic - 29 hits, nothing really, but did find some rather nice sculpture by Sugiura Yasuyoshi via e-yaimono.net
  • seishin pottery - 87 hits, none helpful, but did find an interesting note on Miyajima-yaki pottery where the clay is mixed with sand from a local shrine.
  • seishin clay - 276 hits, a quick look but found nothing helpful.
  • seishin vase - 102 hits, none helpful.
  • seishin pot - 191 hits, none helpful, without looking at the similar ones..
  • seishin art - 4210 hits, didn't find anything after the first couple of pages...so gave up!.
  • seishin ancient - 968 hits, didn't find anything after the first couple of pages here either...so gave up!.


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