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Seiwafu kiln bonsai pot from the Seto region. "aka-e" technique.
Unlike sometsuke, which is an underglaze technique (the color is applied before the glaze and at a high temperature), Aka-e is an overglaze or enamel-on-glaze technique. The artisan paints on the already glazed and fired piece, and then performs a second firing at a lower temperature to fix the pigments.