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Definition of Imari
1. Noun. Japanese porcelain wares (made in the town of Arita and exported from the port of Imari, particularly around the 17th century) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Imari
1. a richly decorated Japanese porcelain [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imari
Literary usage of Imari
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geological Survey of Japan: Reports of Progress for 1878 and 1879 by Benjamin Smith Lyman (1879)
"... between and across low hills, that on the road were about 200 feet above the
sea, to imari at the head of a long narrow north-west and south-east bay. ..."
2. The Curio: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine Devoted to Genealogy and (1888)
"This porcelain is made of the same clay as that of imari, but from the great ...
Old imari vase, decorated in blue under the glaze and enamel painting over ..."
3. Catalogue of a Collection of Oil Paintings and Watercolor Drawings by by Thomas E. Waggaman (1893)
"Sake Bottle, imari porcelain. Decorated with floral scroll design painted in ...
Vase, imari porcelain. Decorated with pine, plum and bamboo design inclosed ..."
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