Mishima ware is a slip inlay style of Japanese pottery adopted from Korea, likely in the 16th century. It originated from Buncheong pottery.

The Mishima name may be from the 17th century, but the style itself goes back to Goryeo (935-1392) when bowls decorated in this way were known as Korai-jawan or Korai tea bowls. It is also known as gohon.^[1]

Korean Mishima is not to be confused with the same name that is used in the treatise Tōkikō, which describes shimamono from southeast Asia.^[2]

In Mishima ware, bowls were inlaid with various motifs such as floral and animal depictions. A potter would incise the design in the body, fill it in with contrasting colored clay or slip, and then cover it with a transparent glaze. This technique peaked in Korea during the 12th and 13th-century Koryo celadons, deemed "first under heaven." It is also referred to as zogan.

Another inlay style is called reverse inlay. The potter cuts away the background, leaving the design in relief, then the background is brushed over with a slip, and the excess is scraped away.

Media related to Mishima ware at Wikimedia Commons

• The Mystery and the Mastery by Robert Yellin, The Japan Times, Oct 10, 2001.
• http://www.e-yakimono.net/guide/html/mishima.html
• http://pottery.about.com/od/slipsengobes/ss/mishima.htm#showall
• http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2001/10/10/arts/the-mystery-and-the-mastery/

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