Talk:Japanese pottery and porcelain

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{{wikify-date|April 2006}} — ßottesiηi ^{Tell me what's up} 03:22, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

A major problem throughout Wiki is the "pottery" term. Strictly speaking it is a good translation of "toki", but a insufficient one for "tojiki." I think the Chinese would be unhappy with "pottery". The Koreans wanted "ceramics" but were voted down. This is a linquistic and historical problem that begs a solution for Wiki. I propose "Japanese pottery and porcelain" as a solution, though an unhappy one. --Iwanafish 11:43, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] From 11,000BC

I think that this claim was derived from a fraud study by a Japanese archeologist. In fact, Japanese pottery, despite being one of the oldest, is only 5,000 years old. (Wikimachine 16:42, 22 July 2007 (UTC))