Mishima ware

Mishima ware (三島焼) refers to different types of imported and adopted Japanese pottery.

Mishima originally refers to the shimamono pottery imported from the islands of Taiwan, Luzon, and "Amakawa" (Macau).

In later centuries, it came to refer to imported ceramics (Gohon) from Korea with the slip inlay style.

[1] In the 17th century, it was applied to the imported Korean slip inlay style pottery from Buncheong (then known specifically as Gohon), made at the instigation of the shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu.

[1] In Gohon Mishima ware, bowls were inlaid with various motifs such as floral and animal depictions.

Hori-Mishima stoneware tea bowl with inlaid slip under glaze, Joseon dynasty, c. 1580–1610. Made to order in south Gyeongsang Province for the Japanese market.