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Japan, they were served on individual dining trays. Thus the use of large dishes for dining was not necessary.
From the Momoyama period onwards, however, large dishes became popular among the wealthy urban elite.
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The growing popularity of these dishes during the 16 and 17 century can probably attributed to the world-
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wide boom of this style of Chinese dishes produced at different kilns. In Jingdezhen, Kraak style porcelain was
produced for a western market, but became also popular in Japan; the kilns in Longquan produced large
celadon dishes for a Middle East, Southeast Asian and Japanese market, and the kilns of Zhangzhou in Southern
China produced large dishes decorated in blue and white and overglaze enamels in bold designs for the Asian
and Southeast Asian markets.

Reacting on this international boom in this type of ceramics, Japanese ceramic workshops at Hizen, Seto, Bizen
and Shigaraki started their own production of oversized dishes. Looking at genre painting and woodblock prints
from the Momoyama and early Edo period, oversized dishes frequently can be seen in depictions of formal
gatherings as an important part of vessels used for banqueting. In 17 century Japan it was called teinai
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yuurakuzu “pleasures in the mansions” and depicted on lavish screens.

Ref.: Idemitsu Museum of Art 1998; Tea

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