Chapter 209: Japanese Porcelain Ancestor

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Jianyao was named after the Song Dynasty, which belonged to Jianzhou. It began in the late Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Song Dynasty, and declined in the Yuan Dynasty. It is mainly fired celadon, black glazed porcelain, blue and white porcelain, etc. Among them, it is famous for its black glazed porcelain. It mainly burns pots, bowls, plates, and saucers, and also burns boxes, pots, pots, lamps, furnaces, bowls, plum bottles, and utensils. The soles of the feet have the inscriptions of "for the emperor" and "into the lamp", which are the tributes burned for the court of the Song Dynasty. This is also the reason why Yu Fei judged that the value of this batch of black porcelain is not high.

The prosperity of black glazed porcelain is related to the style of tea fighting, so it is mostly in the form of tea cups. The characteristics of the black glazed cup: the tire has a high iron content, has always been known as the "iron tire", the carcass is heavy, black-gray, purple-black, the tire is rough and hard, and the color of the exposed tire is dull and dull. The enamel is rigid, the glaze is jet black, the utensils are glazed inside and outside, the outer glaze is close to the bottom of the foot, and the sole of the foot is unglazed and exposed. The glaze surface has obvious vertical flow and kiln change phenomenon, and there are famous varieties such as "rabbit hair", "oil droplet", "yao change" and "partridge spot". At present, the "Yao Change" Tianmu Lamp, which is famous in Japan as a national treasure in the world, is the work of building a kiln.

Under the influence of the fame of the black glaze pot of the kiln, there are many imitation burners in various places, in addition to the dozens of porcelain kilns in the south of Fujian Province to Fuqing and Wuyi Mountain in the north, other provinces also have the kiln mouth of imitation firing black porcelain, but the level and value are far from the black porcelain of the kiln.

Although the artistic value of this batch of porcelain is quite high, it is different from the Jianzhou kiln, so Yu Fei thinks that it should be black glazed porcelain imitated in other places. I don't know why it was turned upside down by illiterate little Japan.,And it's carefully treasured as a precious item of equal value to gold.。 I really haven't seen the world.

"Huh? There's a word on it! Yu Fei found that the bottom of a plum bottle was engraved with words similar to the inscription.

"I'll see, I'll see." Kong Dashan hurriedly came over. Reaching out to take the plum bottle in Yu Fei's hand, Yu Fei's heart trembled when he saw his hairy hands and feet. I really don't know how his previous antique collection got mixed up.

"This is Kato?" Kong Dashan asked uncertainly.

Yu Fei nodded. I didn't expect that this batch of porcelain was neither a product of a kiln built nor a kiln such as Jizhou kiln, or even a Chinese one! It belongs to the Seto kiln, one of Japan's "six famous kilns"! It's even likely to be the work of Keimasa Kato Shiroemon!

Although Yu Fei does not know much about the history of Japan, he also knows that the six kilns in Japan, including Seto, Tokoname, Echizen, Tanba, Shigaraki, and Bizen, are collectively called the six famous kilns, which is one more than the five famous kilns in China.

However, Yu Fei thought that the so-called six famous kilns in Japan were the same as those "famous generals" in the Warring States period of Japan, and they were simply vain things! Even many folk kilns in ancient China can't compare. (During the Warring States period in Japan, military generals were often given very powerful titles.) What heroes, what ghost generals, what fox generals, one by one boasted as if they were powerful. On the battlefield in Korea, they all appeared in their original form! The Japanese nation has a very strong national pride, but sometimes it is also like the arrogant country of Yoro. )

The Seto kiln is the first of the six ancient kilns in Japan and has the longest history. It is known as the birthplace of Japanese pottery. The Japanese word for "Setomono" means porcelain, just as the English word for "China" means porcelain. The shop that sells ceramics is also called "Seto Monoya" by the Japanese.

The Seto Ancient Kiln is located in Seto City, Aichi Prefecture, in the central region of Japan's main island of Honshu. To the northeast of Nagoya, it was blessed with a large amount of clay and kaolin, and its production technology was the most advanced in Japan at the time, and it was the only one of the six ancient kilns that could produce glazed pottery.

Because the Japanese aristocracy at that time was very fond of Chinese ceramics, coupled with the Chinese tea ceremony and tea fighting style spread eastward, the black glazed tea set produced by the kiln was very favored, which greatly promoted the development of the ancient kiln in Seto.

Legend has it that the "Tenmu Tea Bowl" was first brought back to Japan by Japanese monks from the temple of Mt. Tenmu. Because the building lamp was a black glaze ware at that time, all the black glazed ware was widely called Tianmu later. 1223 (16th year of Jiading in the Southern Song Dynasty). Potter Kato Shiro Emon Keimasa followed the Song Dynasty monk Michigen to Tianmu Mountain to study the firing technique of black glazed pottery for 5 years.

After returning to Japan, Shiro Kato eventually built a kiln in Seto Village to burn pottery, and his descendants revered him as Japan's "Pottery Ancestor". During the Muromachi period, after the unremitting efforts of several generations of potters, Seto finally succeeded in firing the "Seto Tenme", which is now designated as a national treasure by the Japanese government, and is divided into white eyes, yellow ones, gray quilt ones, and chrysanthemum ones according to the color of the glaze.

And this batch of black porcelain is the black porcelain fired by the Japanese "Tao Zu" Kato Shiro Emon Keimasa! The Komachi is designated as an "Important Cultural Property" (equivalent to a first-class cultural relic in China) by Japan, which shows its influence and status. If the Japanese know about it, Yu Fei found so many black porcelain fired by Taozu Kato Shiro, I'm afraid he would go crazy.

For these Yu Fei didn't know about Lu Dao at all, even if he knew Lu Dao, he wouldn't care, but he stole a few hands from China, at best, he was a second-hand imitator, and when he arrived in Japan, he became Tao Zu! It's like a woman who receives a "seed" full of activity from a man, and gives birth to a fairly good child after the last child, but as a result, these children only recognize women as their ancestors, and put the man who gave the woman the seed behind them, which really feels like putting the cart before the horse. (Purely the author's personal nonsense)

"So, these Japanese porcelains are still worth a little money?" Kong Dashan, as a vassal and elegant antique collector, his level is not much better than Ye Jianjun, he doesn't even know whether "Kato" is a name or an era, and his only criterion for measuring antiques is how much it is worth. Moreover, he did not have any interest in this batch of black porcelain, and his first thought was, of course, to exchange it for money. Otherwise, putting a few black jars at home will not have anything to do with elegance at all.

Yu Fei counted it, and there were a total of thirty-eight pieces of black porcelain in the two boxes, of which twenty-two were tea cups, and the others were some bottles, pots, and utensils such as storage, which could be regarded as fine products.

"It should be able to sell for a lot of money, but now is not the time to talk about that." Although these porcelains belong to Japan, Yu Fei doesn't like them, but he can't do it for a while, so he has to bring it back, even if he doesn't sell it for money, it's good to take it out disgusting and disgusting little Japan. When the time comes, it will be said that these black porcelains engraved with Kato were found near Tianmu Mountain, so as to prove that your porcelain ancestors have indeed gone to China to steal teachers! Besides, after the gold is really shipped back, then Yu Fei will immediately become a billionaire, hehe, still care about these little money at that time? I will buy a piece of land, build a big house, and put all the treasures I have now and the treasures I will collect in the future like a museum, and take a look at it when there is nothing to do. If you have a good relationship with us, let's let him see it for free, if you have a bad relationship, get out of the calf, and don't let him in!

Yu Fei, who broke out, had already begun to daydream, what he didn't expect was that this batch of porcelain would cause such a big sensation later!

However, this dream did not last long, although the gold and porcelain had been salvaged, at least so far they did not belong to anyone, and they were still on the territory of Little Japan, and could be discovered at any time.

As soon as Yu Fei said this, Kong Dashan and Wu Zhonghao also became serious.

"I have already discussed it with Boss Kong just now." Wu Zhonghao said: "Although Boss Kong's goods are not yet ready, we can't wait any longer, and we must leave the port as soon as possible." ”

Yu Fei nodded, he has a deep understanding of the words "Long Night Dreams", if it is according to the general process, Kong Dashan will stay in Tokyo for a few days, but who knows what will happen in the next few days? ?

"I'll find some reason to get out of here as soon as possible." Kong Dashan said: "In order not to be discovered, Brother Wu and I will use a speedboat to transport the gold to my ship in five batches tonight. As for these tattered porcelain, do you still want Yu Fei? ”

Although Kong Dashan asked Yu Fei's opinion, he actually didn't want it in his heart. Twenty boxes of gold are already very conspicuous, and these two boxes of broken porcelain are really in the way, too cumbersome. Although it is seven or eight hundred years old, Yu Fei has also said that it is worth a lot, but Kong Dashan still thinks that Yu Fei is a collector, which is exaggerated, not to mention that it is still a small Japanese thing. According to his idea, it would be better to let them go back and forth from where they are, and then pour them into the sea.

Of course, Wu Zhonghao is in favor of this idea. Although he felt a little pity, he didn't have any concept of porcelain. I don't know what kind of expressions Kato Shiro and the Japanese people will have after knowing the thoughts of these two goods!

Yu Fei was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Brother Kong, these are all treasures that are hard to change. ”

Because he was worried that Kong Dashan would not take it to heart, Yu Fei said in an aggravated tone: "Although these things are similar in value to gold, you may not be able to buy such a treasure with the equivalent value of gold." This is all a fine product, and it must not be lost. (To be continued......)