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-IRO-NABESHIMA= Colour29min. COLOUREDNABESHIMAWARE LANGUAGEVERSION/English,French,German, Indonesian, Italian,Japanese,Spanish *WiththeCooperationofAgencyfbrCul- turalAfTairS *ProducedbySakuraMotionPictureCo., Ltd. EXPLANATION QuantitiesofJapaneseceramicwareswereexported tocountriesinEuropeandtheMiddle、andNearEast ITomthel7ththroughthel8thcentury. Thosewares, called .｡Imari'' inJapanese,weregreatlyappreciated abroad ibr their fantasticcolour-glazedpatternsand plctures. Celebratedceramics,producedinJapanatthattime, included66IRONABESHIMA'',orthecolouredNabe- shimaware,productsoftheAritaDistrict inKyushu, Japan'ssouthernmostmainisland.ThecolouredNabe- shima'sexcellentqualityandcrafismanship, however, were littleknownat home in thosedays, let alone abroad,becausethewareswereproducedexclusivelyin thekilnsoftheprovincial loadonlyasgifiarticlesfbr theShogunateandotherinfluential lords. Theelaborateshapesandpatternscharacterizethe colouredNabeshimawares,representingextremelyJapa- nesequalities.Oneofthemostnoteworthy, inparticu- lar,isthemethodofdesigningpattemsandpicturesin colourglazing,which is saidtoresemble thedying techniquesoftheEdoPeriod,anotherfineexampleof theuniquecrafismanshipperfectedinthel8thcentury. Thosetechniqueswiththeuseofsimplebuteificient tools,devisedbyancientcrafismen, brought about a fruitionoftypicalhandworktraditionwhichhasbeen handeddowntothisday,meetingvariousrequirements ofdifferentages. lt is interestingtonote,however, that thedevelop- mentofceramicart inJapanwasbroughtaboutasa resultofcultural interchangeswith theChineseand Koreans,whobythenhadalreadypossessedhighly sophisticatedtechniques inceramicproduction. The earlyJapaneselearnediromtheKoreans, fbr instance, howtofireandglazewhiteceramics,whiletheartof colourglazingfromtheChinese.Introductionofthese advancedtechniquesfTomthe(Asian)continenthelped theJapanesetodeveloptheirownmethodsandstyles inceramicart,includingthoseoftheuniquelyJapanese veSselS, thecolouredNabeShima. PRODUCTIONSTAFF Direction,Scenario.... ． .EijiMurayama Photography..... ．．． ...SeiichiKizuka Lightin9........... ．．． ．SyuichiYamane Editin9..... ．． .........YoshitoHasegawa Narrator. ．．．．．．．． ......MasatoshiKawada 、 矛 、 ｜ 胸玄』 I γ』 壷 、 ､寸 ､ ､ ｰ 、篭 濯 b 凸
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-IRO-NABESHIMA= Colour29min.
COLOUREDNABESHIMAWARELANGUAGEVERSION/English,French,German,Indonesian, Italian,Japanese,Spanish
*WiththeCooperationofAgencyfbrCul-turalAfTairS
*ProducedbySakuraMotionPictureCo.,Ltd.
EXPLANATION
QuantitiesofJapaneseceramicwareswereexported
tocountriesinEuropeandtheMiddle、andNearEast
ITomthel7ththroughthel8thcentury. Thosewares,called .｡Imari'' inJapanese,weregreatlyappreciatedabroad ibr their fantasticcolour-glazedpatternsandplctures.
Celebratedceramics,producedinJapanatthattime,included66IRONABESHIMA'',orthecolouredNabe-
shimaware,productsoftheAritaDistrict inKyushu,Japan'ssouthernmostmainisland.ThecolouredNabe-shima'sexcellentqualityandcrafismanship, however,were littleknownat home in thosedays, let aloneabroad,becausethewareswereproducedexclusivelyinthekilnsoftheprovincial loadonlyasgifiarticlesfbrtheShogunateandotherinfluential lords.
TheelaborateshapesandpatternscharacterizethecolouredNabeshimawares,representingextremelyJapa-nesequalities.Oneofthemostnoteworthy, inparticu-lar,isthemethodofdesigningpattemsandpicturesincolourglazing,which is saidtoresemble thedyingtechniquesoftheEdoPeriod,anotherfineexampleoftheuniquecrafismanshipperfectedinthel8thcentury.Thosetechniqueswiththeuseofsimplebuteificienttools,devisedbyancientcrafismen, brought about afruitionoftypicalhandworktraditionwhichhasbeen
handeddowntothisday,meetingvariousrequirementsofdifferentages.
lt is interestingtonote,however, that thedevelop-mentofceramicart inJapanwasbroughtaboutasaresultofcultural interchangeswith theChineseand
Koreans,whobythenhadalreadypossessedhighlysophisticatedtechniques inceramicproduction. TheearlyJapaneselearnediromtheKoreans, fbr instance,howtofireandglazewhiteceramics,whiletheartofcolourglazingfromtheChinese.IntroductionoftheseadvancedtechniquesfTomthe(Asian)continenthelpedtheJapanesetodeveloptheirownmethodsandstylesinceramicart,includingthoseoftheuniquelyJapaneseveSselS, thecolouredNabeShima.
PRODUCTIONSTAFF
Direction,Scenario.... ．.EijiMurayama
Photography..... ．．．...SeiichiKizukaLightin9........... ．．．．SyuichiYamaneEditin9..... ．．.........YoshitoHasegawaNarrator. ．．．．．．．．......MasatoshiKawada
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矛
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｜胸玄』
I γ』壷、
､寸
､
､ｰ
、
篭
濯b
凸
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PlannedbyTheMinistryofForeignAITairsVersion(English,French,Spanish,Portuguese,Rus-sIan）
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PlannedbyTheMinistI･yofForeignAfTaiTs
Vtrsion (English, French,Spanish，German，Por〔u‐guese)＊ILMAURIZIOORVlETOFESTlVAL lNTER－
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4. BUNRAKU-PuppetTheatreofJapan (Incolou｢,28min.)
PlannedbyTheMinistryofForeignAfTairs唯｢sion(English,French,Spanish,German)＊FESTIVALINTERNAZlONALEDELClNEMA
FORMATORIDOTTOTROFEOGOLFODl
SALERNO
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FilmonJapan
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恥rsion(English, Japanese)*Goldprize, theEdilcationalFilmContest.*Silverprize,Contest fbrCultural Documentary
FilmonJapan.*AwardibrEducationalandCulturalFilm,the20th
Annual JapaneseMotionPictureConcours.
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*TheHighest Prize in 7thContest fbrCulturalDocumentaryFilmsonJapan.
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*Prize fbrexcellence,Contest fbrCulturalDocu-mentaryFilmonJapan.
FILMOUTLINE
Well-organizeddivisionoflabourcharacterizes theproductionofthecolouredNabeshima.Thefbllowingshows someprocessesofthisnotedware、
l.CLAYREFINING
Oridinaryworksofpotteryaremadefromclay,whilemoreelaborateceramicwaresaremadefTomgoodqualityceramicTocksandstonewhicharecrashedandgroundextremelyfinebefbrecarefulbeatingandknead-ing, theessentialprocessesPriortoshapin9.
2.SHAPING
Playingoneofthe leadingparts invessel shapingis thefbot-oper-atedpotterywheeiwhichenables thepotにr tousebothhands in themanipulationofthekneadedputty, usingdiiTerent tooIs fbr finishingtouches、
3．UNDER-GLAZEPAINTING
In(heJapanesemethod,asheetofspeciallydevisedJapanesepaperwithinkedpatternsisappliedoverthe6redbisquearticle. Genglerub-bingover(heinkedpaperleavesthedesiredpatternsonthebisquesurface.Thetrans化rredpatternsarethenunder-glazepaintedwithabrush.
4.GLAZING
Theuseofspeciallypreparedmaterialcharacterizes theglazingof‘‘Ironabeshima，，、
5.GLAアEFIRING
Eachoftheglazedarticles,placed inasaggar, is firedathightem－peratures、
6.ON-GLAZECOLOURING
Theunderglazecolour tumsblueunder the firedglaze,which isagainpaintedindiiferentcolourssuchasred,green,yellow,purple,etc.
7.ON-GLAZEFIRING
Theon-glazecolouredvessel isagainfiredtoobtainthecombinedeHectsoffiredon-glazecolours, called &･AKAE'', ora @･RedPicture'',suggestingtheprevailingreddishhueoftheglazedsurface.
All thesehandworkprocessesbasedondivisionof labour arecarriedoulbyhighlyskilledNabeshimacrafismen.
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