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Hakuji (白磁) is a form of Japanese pottery and porcelain, normally white porcelain, which originated as an imitation of Chinese Dehua porcelain. Today the term is used in Japan to refer to plain white porcelain.
Hakuji white porcelain Arita ware hexagonal bowls and dishes, late Edo period to early Meiji era, 1840–1870
Dehua kiln statue of Buddhist Kannon used for Christian veneration in Japan
Hakuji sake set designed by Masahiro Mori (1977)
An Intangible Cultural Property , as defined by the Japanese government's Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties (1950), is a part of the Cultural Properties of high historical or artistic value such as drama, music, and craft techniques. The term refers exclusively to human skills possessed by individuals or groups which are indispensable to produce Cultural Properties.
Image: Bunraku doll in national theatre Osaka 1
Image: Fumie Hihara, au shamisen (danse du Kabuki, musée Guimet)
Image: Sanshin