Kutani ware

What is Akae-Kinrande "Eiraku" Style?

Akae-kinrande is a gorgeous, sophisticated, and graceful style of Kutani ware. It has a gold design with a red background.

Shin-ichi Nakaya, Director of The Kutani porcelain Art Museum discusses historical stories and painting styles of Kutani ware.

Yoshidaya style’s charm is its use of translucent pigment and delicate painting style, as well as its refined, extremely skillfully-drawn pictures.

Akae-saibyo–red dots and lines with intricate detalization–has an eye-catching, detailed beauty.

Sometsuke is a style that paints a canvas only in indigo pigments. The beauty of this style attracts the viewer with its subtleness.

There are various Kutani ware styles and techniques, ranging from gosai-de derived from Ko-Kutani, to the popular Akae–fine red painting.

Kutani ware’s charm is its heavy handed painting techniques, and Ko-Kutani ware (Old Kutani) is particularly powerful and captivating.

Kutani ware was introduced in 1655, during the early Edo period (1603-1868), by Maeda Toshiharu, the Lord of Kaga-Daishoji Domain.

Kutani ware, while its vivid hues and bold patterns set it apart among Japanese ceramics, is produced through many processes.