Kiseto bowls were fired in Mino in the Momoyama period and have a soft yellowish glaze with green spots called tanpan and brown scorch marks. With Shino and Oribe they form the representative group of Momoyama Mino wares.
History
Kiseto's distinctive glaze is sometimes called aburage-de, "fried tofu skin", after its surface. It was prized in warrior-class tea, and Mino potters continue to make it.
Types
The tone of the yellow glaze, the green of the tanpan, the brown of the scorching, and the show-through of the body are the points of interest, with sub-classifications including ayame-de and guinomi-de.
In practice
Kiseto works in the softer arrangements of spring and autumn and at gatherings taking seasonal flowers as their theme. It is the gentlest of the three Mino types, and reads quite differently from Shino or Oribe.
Sources
- 黄瀬戸（デジタル大辞泉 / 日本大百科全書 / ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典） / コトバンク
Supports: 黄瀬戸が「安土桃山時代に美濃で焼かれた瀬戸系の陶器。淡黄色の釉をかけたもの」であること。室町時代末期～桃山時代に美濃を中心として焼かれ、鉄釉による黄色でおおわれているのが特徴であること
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