is a generic term for Japanese tea utensils produced outside Japan, Korea and China, mainly from Southeast Asia.
History Items from Korea, called , and from China, called , 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 were also produced in Japan. However, at this point they were called "striped objects", but the pronunciation remained the same. 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.
Types 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.sambali.blogspot.com/2006/09/luzon-jars-glossary.html Grouped together with Mishima ware 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. Nanban ware 南蛮焼 Southeast Asia Items from southeast Asia without exact provenience 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 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. 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 Kinma 蒟醤 Siam or Burma A style of lacquer ware with finely inlaid patterns Koma 独楽 Siam Lacquerware, called "spinning top" (koma) because the colours are painted in concentrical rotating patterns 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.
See also Special tea tools
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