Japanese metalwork

thumb|Repair work (right) on Mishima ware -type tea bowl with kintsugi gold lacquer, 16th century thumb|Small repair (top) on Nabeshima ware dish with [[hollyhock design, over-glaze enamel, 18th century, Edo period]]

, also known as or are large bells found in Buddhist temples throughout Japan, used to summon the monks to prayer and to demarcate periods of time. Rather than containing a clapper, are struck from the outside, using either a handheld mallet or a beam suspended on ropes.

thumb|A tetsubin cast-iron kettle is suspended over an irori hearth in a traditional Japanese style farm house, at the Boso-no-Mura Museum thumb|alt=A video with the camera spinning around a tetsubin on a brasier (hibachi)|A tetsubin on a brazier (hibachi) are Japanese cast-iron kettles with a pouring spout, a lid, and a handle crossing over the top, used for boiling and pouring hot water for drinking purposes, such as for making tea.

thumb| of a reclining boar, Hirado ware|Hirado Mikawachi porcelain with clear glaze, [[Edo period, 19th century]] thumb| figure of a dragon made of iron, by Myochin Muneaki in 1713 In Japanese art, is a Japanese term meaning "ornament for display; objet d'art; decorative object", for small objects typically displayed in a alcove or altar. The nearest equivalent term in Western art is probably objet d'art.