Japanese words for how to look at wood fired pots

HI-IRO – colour changes in clay, mainly reds/browns from oxidation of iron

FUKIDASHI – feldspar/quatrz glassy white bobbles on the clay surface

ISHIHAZE – stone inclusions in the clay that erupt through the surface

HITTSUKI – a mark where two pots have attached together

SHIZENYU – fly ash and silica glaze

NUKE/BOTAMOCHI – bare clay where a pot has shadowed the flame

HI OMOTE/HI URA – did/didn’t face flame or recieve ash

HIDASUKI – red streaks in clay from reacting with straw

GOMA – yellow speckled clay like sesame seeds (goma), natural glaze

BIIDORO YU – green glass glaze (from VIDRO meaning glass in Portuguese)

KOGE – carbonated ash and cool marks

FURIMONO – kiln debri fallen and fused to the piece