kinrande　金襴手

KEY WORD :　art history / crafts

The Japanese name for the gold color added to Chinese wucai porcelain gosai 五彩, featuring a white-base with red, green and yellow motifs, made in Ming dynasty. Variants of kinrande include akae kinrande 赤絵金襴手 (with multi-colored motifs and gold on a white-base), akaji kinrande 赤地金襴手 (red-base, multi-colored motifs and gold), ryokuji kinrande 緑地金襴手 (green-base), ouji kinrande 黄地金襴手 (yellow-base), hakuji kinrande 白地金襴手 (white-base), ruriji kinrande 瑠璃地金襴手 (emerald base), sometsuke kinrande 染付金襴手 (blue-and-white base), and sansai kinrande 三彩金襴手 (tricolor base). It was used on bowls, pots, sake 酒 cups, incense burners, flower vases, water jars and some large jars in Japan. In the late Edo period, the *imariyaki 伊万里焼, *kutaniyaki 九谷焼 and *kyouyaki 京焼 kilns made many kinrande copies.

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