Japanese family names are extremely varied: according to estimates, there are over 100,000 different surnames in use today in Japan. The three most common family names in Japan are SatÅ (ä½è¤), Suzuki (é´æ¨), and Takahashi (é«æ©).
Making the world better, one answer at a time. the purpose of wedging clay is to get the air bubles out. if you dont getthe air bubles out, when being fired, the air will try to escape your now hard pot, when it can't , it will explode your pot.
The purpose of the wood dowel and the scroll ends is to provide weight so that, when the scroll was unrolled and hanging, it would lay flat and the painting could be easily viewed. The upper piece of wood served the same purpose but was thin so as to make a neat package when the scroll was rolled up and tied.