Shimamono

{{Short description|Japanese tea utensils produced outside Japan, Korea and China}}

{{Nihongo|2=島物|3=Shimamono|4="island objects"}} is a generic term for Japanese tea utensils produced outside Japan, Korea and China, mainly from Southeast Asia.

History

Items from Korea, called {{Nihongo|2=高麗物|3=kōraimono}}, and from China, called {{Nihongo|2=唐物|3=karamono}}, are not considered shimamono.

They were imported with ships on trade routes and started becoming popular in the 15th and 16th centuries. The term therefore can be taken literally to mean "island objects". By the time of the rule of the Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshimune, imitation {{Transliteration|ja|shimamono}} were also produced in Japan. However, at this point they were called "striped objects", but the pronunciation remained the same.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/chinesepotteryi01laufgoog#page/n40/mode/2up|title = Chinese Pottery in the Philippines|year = 1912|publisher = Field Museum of NaturalHistory}} As such they can be counted as part of Japanese pottery and porcelain.

The treatise Tōkikō describes the Japanese pottery trade with Asia and gives detailed descriptions.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/chinesepotteryi01laufgoog#page/n40/mode/2upe|title = Chinese Pottery in the Philippines|year = 1912|publisher = Field Museum of NaturalHistory}}

Types

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Name ! Kanji ! Origins ! Notes ! Example image
Rusun ware \| 呂宋焼 \| Luzon \| Pottery items. The merchant Ruson Sukezaemon (呂宋助左衛門) was particularly connected to the trade in Rusun ware during the rule of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the 16th century.{{Cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=013dKNOV77oC \| title=Quests of the Dragon and Bird Clan\| isbn=9781430308997\| last1=Manansala\| first1=Paul Kekai\| date=October 2006\| publisher=Lulu.com}}sambali.blogspot.com/2006/09/luzon-jars-glossary.html{{Cite web\| title=Kyoto artifact \| format=JPG \| url=http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6514/3214/1600/Kyoto%20002.jpg \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012003232/http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6514/3214/1600/Kyoto%20002.jpg \| archive-date=2016-10-12}} Grouped together with Mishima ware \| {{Cite web\|url=http://hikone-castle-museum.jp/collection/286.html\|title = 褐釉四耳壺（呂宋壺）}}
Annan ware \| 安南焼 \| Annam \| Often blue and white pottery that was later produced in Japan as well. These were originally used as rice bowls but repurposed in Japan for tea. They feature simplified floral motifs as decoration, and their mark is an unusual high foot. A variant is in red and green colours, known as Beni Annan (紅安南). A rare chawan from the 16th century is kept at the Tokugawa Museum in Nagoya and inscribed as an Important Art Object.{{Cite web\|url=https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/tea-bowl/8gELVH6Mqei4cw?hl=ja\|title=【重要美術品】紅安南草花文茶碗\|website=Google Arts & Culture}} \| style="text-align:center;" \| File:Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum (93).jpg
Nanban ware \| 南蛮焼 \| Southeast Asia \| Items from southeast Asia without exact provenience \| style="text-align:center;" \| File:Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum (44a).jpg{{Cite web\|url=http://utsuwanote.exblog.jp/17807725/\|title = 常設展示：畠田光枝南蛮焼締壺}}{{Cite web\|url=http://utsuwanote.exblog.jp/12045289/\|title = 石川隆児さんの南蛮焼締め碗}}{{cite web \|url=http://utsuwa-shoken.shop-pro.jp/?pid=115520126 \|title=南蛮焼締花器 Nanbanyakishime vase- うつわ祥見 web shop \|website=utsuwa-shoken.shop-pro.jp \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116193438/http://utsuwa-shoken.shop-pro.jp/?pid=115520126 \|archive-date=2018-01-16}}
Amakawa \| アマカワ \| Macau \| White clay and grayish glaze. Grouped together with Mishima ware \|
Mōru / Mo-ru \| モウル / モール \| Moluccas \| \| {{cite web \|url=https://seiyudo.ocnk.net/product/4708 \|title=販売販売【茶道具】建水モオル亀甲モール毛織モウル茶道道具 \|website=seiyudo.ocnk.net \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151207031617/http://seiyudo.ocnk.net/product/4708 \|archive-date=2015-12-07}}
Tō Indu / Tenji \| 東インドゥ \| eastern India \| \|
Kōchi ware \| 交趾焼 \| southern China \| Developed from Cochin ware from southern China. Generally in colours yellow, green and blue. \| style="text-align:center;" \| File:Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum (70).jpg
Nekoro \| ネコロ \| Nicobar Islands \| \|
Taiwan \| 臺灣 \| Taiwan \| Grouped together with Mishima ware \|
Hannera \| ハンネラ \| Southeast Asia \| A type of simple unglazed ware, often reddish or orange in colour \| style="text-align:center;" \| File:Nomura Art Museum IMG 9260.jpg{{Cite web\|url=http://www.miho.or.jp/booth/html/artcon/00000262.htm\|title = ハンネラ建水 - Miho Museum}}
Kinma \| 蒟醤 \| Siam or Burma \| A style of lacquer ware with finely inlaid patterns \| style="text-align:center;" \| File:Nomura Art Museum IMG 9261.jpg{{Cite web\|url=https://www.tnm.jp/modules/r_free_page/index.php?id=354\|title=TOKYO NATIONAL MUSEUM\|website=www.tnm.jp}}
Koma \| 独楽 \| Siam \| Lacquerware, called "spinning top" (koma) because the colours are painted in concentrical rotating patterns \| style="text-align:center;" \| 125px{{cite web \|url=https://mingeiarts.com/product/vintage-japanese-tea-ceremony-chu-natsume-kagawa-lacquer-tea-caddy-1940s/ \|title=Vintage Japanese Tea Ceremony Chu-Natsume {{!}} Kagawa Lacquer Tea Caddy {{!}} 1940s {{!}} Mingei Arts \|website=mingeiarts.com \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803103437/https://mingeiarts.com/product/vintage-japanese-tea-ceremony-chu-natsume-kagawa-lacquer-tea-caddy-1940s/ \|archive-date=2016-08-03}}
Sahari \| 砂張 \| Southeast Asia \| Is a general term for metalware, specifically an alloy mainly made of copper containing a small amount of silver and lead, mainly adding tin from southeast Asia origin. It appeared from the end of the Muromachi period until the Momoyama period. The products were initially not made as tea utensils, but found entry through tea masters.{{Cite web\|url=https://www.gotoh-museum.or.jp/2020/10/07/02-098/\|title = 砂張棒の先水指 \| 公益財団法人五島美術館\| date=7 October 2020 }} \| {{Cite web\|url=http://webarchives.tnm.jp/imgsearch/show/C0077196\|title = C0077196 砂張袋形建水 - 東京国立博物館画像検索}}{{Cite web \|url=http://www.gotoh-museum.or.jp/collection/col_05/02098_001.html \|title=02098_001 \|access-date=2018-01-15 \|archive-date=2015-10-06 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006031459/http://www.gotoh-museum.or.jp/collection/col_05/02098_001.html \|url-status=dead }}

class="wikitable"

Name

! Kanji

! Origins

! Notes

! Example image

Rusun ware

| 呂宋焼

| Luzon

| Pottery items. The merchant Ruson Sukezaemon (呂宋助左衛門) was particularly connected to the trade in Rusun ware during the rule of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the 16th century.{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=013dKNOV77oC | title=Quests of the Dragon and Bird Clan| isbn=9781430308997| last1=Manansala| first1=Paul Kekai| date=October 2006| publisher=Lulu.com}}sambali.blogspot.com/2006/09/luzon-jars-glossary.html{{Cite web| title=Kyoto artifact | format=JPG | url=http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6514/3214/1600/Kyoto%20002.jpg | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012003232/http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6514/3214/1600/Kyoto%20002.jpg | archive-date=2016-10-12}} Grouped together with Mishima ware

| {{Cite web|url=http://hikone-castle-museum.jp/collection/286.html|title = 褐釉四耳壺（呂宋壺）}}

Annan ware

| 安南焼

| Annam

| Often blue and white pottery that was later produced in Japan as well. These were originally used as rice bowls but repurposed in Japan for tea. They feature simplified floral motifs as decoration, and their mark is an unusual high foot. A variant is in red and green colours, known as Beni Annan (紅安南). A rare chawan from the 16th century is kept at the Tokugawa Museum in Nagoya and inscribed as an Important Art Object.{{Cite web|url=https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/tea-bowl/8gELVH6Mqei4cw?hl=ja|title=【重要美術品】紅安南草花文茶碗|website=Google Arts & Culture}}

| style="text-align:center;" | File:Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum (93).jpg

Nanban ware

| 南蛮焼

| Southeast Asia

| Items from southeast Asia without exact provenience

| style="text-align:center;" | File:Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum (44a).jpg{{Cite web|url=http://utsuwanote.exblog.jp/17807725/|title = 常設展示：畠田光枝南蛮焼締壺}}{{Cite web|url=http://utsuwanote.exblog.jp/12045289/|title = 石川隆児さんの南蛮焼締め碗}}{{cite web |url=http://utsuwa-shoken.shop-pro.jp/?pid=115520126 |title=南蛮焼締花器 Nanbanyakishime vase- うつわ祥見 web shop |website=utsuwa-shoken.shop-pro.jp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116193438/http://utsuwa-shoken.shop-pro.jp/?pid=115520126 |archive-date=2018-01-16}}

Amakawa

| アマカワ

| Macau

| White clay and grayish glaze. Grouped together with Mishima ware

Mōru / Mo-ru

| モウル / モール

| Moluccas

| {{cite web |url=https://seiyudo.ocnk.net/product/4708 |title=販売販売【茶道具】建水モオル亀甲 *モール*毛織*モウル*茶道道具 |website=seiyudo.ocnk.net |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151207031617/http://seiyudo.ocnk.net/product/4708 |archive-date=2015-12-07}}

Tō Indu / Tenji

| 東インドゥ

| eastern India

Kōchi ware

| 交趾焼

| southern China

| Developed from Cochin ware from southern China. Generally in colours yellow, green and blue.

| style="text-align:center;" | File:Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum (70).jpg

Nekoro

| ネコロ

| Nicobar Islands

Taiwan

| 臺灣

| Taiwan

| Grouped together with Mishima ware

Hannera

| ハンネラ

| Southeast Asia

| A type of simple unglazed ware, often reddish or orange in colour

| style="text-align:center;" | File:Nomura Art Museum IMG 9260.jpg{{Cite web|url=http://www.miho.or.jp/booth/html/artcon/00000262.htm|title = ハンネラ建水 - Miho Museum}}

Kinma

| 蒟醤

| Siam or Burma

| A style of lacquer ware with finely inlaid patterns

| style="text-align:center;" | File:Nomura Art Museum IMG 9261.jpg{{Cite web|url=https://www.tnm.jp/modules/r_free_page/index.php?id=354|title=TOKYO NATIONAL MUSEUM|website=www.tnm.jp}}

Koma

| 独楽

| Siam

| Lacquerware, called "spinning top" (koma) because the colours are painted in concentrical rotating patterns

| style="text-align:center;" | 125px{{cite web |url=https://mingeiarts.com/product/vintage-japanese-tea-ceremony-chu-natsume-kagawa-lacquer-tea-caddy-1940s/ |title=Vintage Japanese Tea Ceremony Chu-Natsume {{!}} Kagawa Lacquer Tea Caddy {{!}} 1940s {{!}} Mingei Arts |website=mingeiarts.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803103437/https://mingeiarts.com/product/vintage-japanese-tea-ceremony-chu-natsume-kagawa-lacquer-tea-caddy-1940s/ |archive-date=2016-08-03}}

Sahari

| 砂張

| Southeast Asia

| Is a general term for metalware, specifically an alloy mainly made of copper containing a small amount of silver and lead, mainly adding tin from southeast Asia origin. It appeared from the end of the Muromachi period until the Momoyama period. The products were initially not made as tea utensils, but found entry through tea masters.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gotoh-museum.or.jp/2020/10/07/02-098/|title = 砂張棒の先水指 | 公益財団法人五島美術館| date=7 October 2020 }}

| {{Cite web|url=http://webarchives.tnm.jp/imgsearch/show/C0077196|title = C0077196 砂張袋形建水 - 東京国立博物館画像検索}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.gotoh-museum.or.jp/collection/col_05/02098_001.html |title=02098_001 |access-date=2018-01-15 |archive-date=2015-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006031459/http://www.gotoh-museum.or.jp/collection/col_05/02098_001.html |url-status=dead }}

References

Literature

{{Cite web | title=Nanban and shimamono: exported Southeast- Asian ceramics for Japan : 16th ... - Hasebe Gakuji - Google Books | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PJghmwEACAAJ | access-date=2025-01-01 | website=books.google.com | last1=Gakuji | first1=Hasebe | date=1993 }}

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Shimamono

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References

Literature