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Which Kutani is Nagamine Kutani in Japan?

Japan's Nagamine Kutani is a famous pottery Kutani ware. The works are as follows:

1. Yoshidaya, Aote Kutani's painting style, does not use red, but uses green, yellow, There are four colors of purple and navy blue. Except for the pattern, the entire utensil is painted with paint and has delicate patterns as the background, which is solemn and rich.

2. Shozo's works include all the techniques of ancient Kutani, Yoshidaya, Akae, and gilding. When gilding, he uses Western paint to depict the pattern carefully and densely, which became the mainstream style of the Kutani industry after the Meiji era. .

3. Iidaya uses red to depict the characters meticulously and densely. After tracing the edges with delicate patterns, he adds gold color everywhere. The work itself is an exquisite red painting that is difficult to express in words and is breathtaking. painting.

4. Yongle, created by Yongle Hequan, uses the Beijing style gold-painting technique to make a full base of red, and then paints the pattern with gold on top. It is extremely gorgeous and luxurious. This technique is called Jinyi Hand. , flowers, birds, beasts, insects, one-stroke paintings, etc. are mostly common.

5. Ancient Jiugu porcelain. After the porcelain body is made by hand drawing, it is directly glazed and then fired at high temperature. The color is the biggest highlight of ancient Jiugu porcelain. The five colors of Ming Dynasty are the most popular ones. The blueprint is decorated with red, blue, purple, green and other colors as the main colors.

6. Mumi, about 80 years after the ancient Kutani kiln was abandoned, the Kaga Domain invited the literati painter Aoki Mimi from Kyoto for guidance, and opened the Kasugayama Kiln in Kanazawa, which was based on the Mumi style. It was entirely painted in red, with characters as the main characters, and was painted in five colors. Its painting techniques are in Chinese style.