Trade Ceramics from the Goto Islands (Japan), Circa Sixteenth to Early Seventeenth Century: The Yamami Underwater Site (Ojika) and Related Issues

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dc.contributor.author Seyock, Barbara
dc.date.accessioned 2010-08-04T19:55:54Z
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dc.date.issued 2007
dc.description.abstract Underwater archaeology is still a new development in Japan, and to date only a few sites have experienced significant investigation. One of them is the recently surveyed Yamami underwater site on the Got6 Islands, which yielded sixteenth- to seventeenth-century trade ceramics from Thailand and Vietnam, as well as from the Jingdezhen kilns in China. After an introduction to the subject of ceramic trade and underwater archaeology in East Asia, the article reviews the ceramic pieces of the Yamami site in detail and links them to comparable finds from various sites in western Japan, such as from the main ports of Hakata and Nagasaki, along with examples from different international museum collections and wreck finds from the South China Sea. After also consulting historical sources, such as the Kai-hentai, the study develops a fresh interpretative approach toward the Yamami find, and-in a broader perspective-suggests strong bonds between the late medieval and early modern Japanese markets and the lively networks of the South China Sea. KEYWORDS: Japan, trade ceramics, underwater archaeology, medieval period, early modern period, porcelain, stoneware, Southeast Asia, China, Korea, maritime trade, Hakata, Nagasaki, Goto Islands.
dc.identifier.citation Seyock, B. 2007. Trade Ceramics from the Goto Islands (Japan), Circa Sixteenth to Early Seventeenth Century: The Yamami Underwater Site (Ojika) and Related Issues. Asian Perspectives 46 (2): 335-60.
dc.identifier.issn 1535-8283 (E-ISSN)
dc.identifier.issn 0066-8435 (Print)
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10125/17270
dc.publisher University of Hawai'i Press (Honolulu)
dc.relation.ispartofseries Volume 46
dc.relation.ispartofseries Number 2
dc.subject Japan
dc.subject trade ceramics
dc.subject underwater archaeology
dc.subject medieval period
dc.subject early modern period
dc.subject porcelain
dc.subject stoneware
dc.subject Southeast Asia
dc.subject China
dc.subject Korea
dc.subject maritime trade
dc.subject Hakata
dc.subject Nagasaki
dc.subject Goto Islands
dc.subject.lcsh Prehistoric peoples--Asia--Periodicals.
dc.subject.lcsh Prehistoric peoples--Oceania--Periodicals.
dc.subject.lcsh Asia--Antiquities--Periodicals.
dc.subject.lcsh Oceania--Antiquities--Periodicals.
dc.subject.lcsh East Asia--Antiquities--Periodicals.
dc.title Trade Ceramics from the Goto Islands (Japan), Circa Sixteenth to Early Seventeenth Century: The Yamami Underwater Site (Ojika) and Related Issues
dc.type Article
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