kodou　胡銅

KEY WORD :　art history / crafts

A kind of bronze used in North China and Japan. It was known in Japan by the Muromachi period, with variants including shidou 紫銅 (purple copper). Generally, dark yellow Chinese-made copper was called kodou. It was used for many tea wares.

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