| GROUPING |
YOU CAN GET ITS ENLARGED PHOTO AND EXPLANATION BY CLICK THE SMALL PHOTO IMAGE AND YOU CAN ALSO MOVE BACK AND/OR FORTH BY CLICK <<previous AND/OR next>> BUTTON ON THE ENLARGED PHOTO PAGE. THE EXPLANATION IS SIMPLE, BECAUSE IT IS TOO DIFFICULT TO TRANSLATE THE TECHNICAL TERMINOLOGY CORRECTLY. I HAVE JUST INDICATED DIAMETER, KILN MARK'S EXISTENCE AND BACK PATTERN'S EXISTENCE. AS KILN MARK IS A VERY INTERESTING SUBJECT TO STUDY, I WILL ANNOUNCE THE REPORT ON THIS WEB MUSEUM. BACK PATTERN IS PRINTED ON BACK SIDE OF RELATIVELY THE BIGGER IGEZARA. (PLEASE SEE GLOSSARY)
| GROUP BY PATTERN |
ALL IGEZARA ARE LISTED HERE IN 19 SECTIONS, I.E., TOTAL NUMBER OF THIS GROUPING IS SHOWN ON TOP-LEFT CORNER OF THE HOME PAGE AS XXXX KINDS ON. SOME PATTERN CAN BE GROUPED TO SEVERAL SECTIONS, OTHER TREES, LANDSCAPE AND ALSO MEDALLION. HOWEVER ANY IGEZARA IS GROUPED TO ONE SECTION BY MY FIRST IMPRESSION SELF-RIGHTEOUSLY. EVEN IF YOU FIND AN IGEZARA WHICH SHOULD HAS BEEN GROUPED TO LANDSCAPE IN LAST NIGHT IS LISTED IN FLOWER IN THIS MORNING, PLEASE ALLOW IT WITH YOUR TOLERANCE.
MEDALLION MEANS A PATTERN WHICH HAS A CIRCLE IN THE MIDLE OF PATTERN BUT I PUT THE SIMILAR PATTERNS IN THIS SECTION, LIKE SYMMETRICAL PATTERNS. SHOCHIKUBAI MEANS MATSU (PINE TREE), TAKE (BAMBOO) AND UME (JAPANESE APRICOT). THESE THREE TREES ARE CALLED TOGETHER AS SHOCHIKUBAI WHICH IS A SYNBOL OF CONGRATULATION. MINO IS A NAME OF PLACE NEAR NAGOYA, WHERE THEY MADE THE DIFFERENT TASTED AND UNIQUE PATTERNED IGEZARA. THEREFORE I DARE TO MAKE AN INDEPENDENT SECTION IN THIS GROUPING. MINO HAS ALSO THE BIGGER IGEZARA BUT IT IS GROUPED SOMEWHERE, BECAUSE MINO'S UNIQUENESS IS APPEARED ONLY IN THE SMALLER.
MYTHICAL ANIMALS ARE MAINLY DRAGON AND PHOENIX. SOME OTHERS ARE DIFFICULT TO TRANSLATE. FOR EXAMPLE KIRIN IS THIRD MAJOR CHINESE LEGENDARY ANIMAL WITH A SINGLE HORN, A DEER-LIKE BODY, HORSE-LIKE HOOFS AND AN OX-LIKE TAIL.
| GROUP BY POTTERY |
ONLY TOP 7 POTTERIES ARE LISTED HERE BUT THERE ARE MANY OTHER MINOR POTTERIES WHO MADE GREAT JOBS, LIKE TOMI, KUSHIYAMA, YAMAKAWA AND SO ON. THE POTTERY IS RECOGNIZED ONLY BY KILN MARK ON IGEZARA. THERE MUST BE UNKNOWN MASTER POTTERS AND I WANT FIND THEM SOME DAY IN FUTURE. EVEN IN TOP 7 POTTERIES, WE CAN NOT FIND THREE POTTERIES NOW. OTHER THREE POTTERIES HAVE CHANGED THE DIRECTION AND ONLY ONE POTTERY IS WELL KNOWN AS A SUCCESS COMPANY. WITH A LIST OF 7 POTTERIES, I FEEL LONGING FOR OLD DAYS AS IF I ATTEND THE ALUMNI MEETING.
| OTHER GROUP |
THERE ARE 4 SECTIONS. ONE IGEZARA IS POSSIBLY LISTED IN GROUP BY PATTERN, GROUP BY POTTERY AND ALSO SHIROIGE AND IROE IN OTHER GROUP. IN NEAR FUTURE I WILL ADD MORE SECTIONS HERE, LIKE GROUP BY SIZE, LIKE MORE THAN USD100.-, AND SO ON.