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In the Song Dynasty, when Japan bought a crock, it would compete as a national treasure. It is because Japan has no ceramic technology and can't do it at all, so it admires China's ceramics.

In ancient Japan, everything handed down from China was called Tang wares. Among the things they regarded as objects of the Tang Dynasty, porcelain was the most popular. At that time, the rich in Japan thought it a great honor to collect China porcelain. In the Song Dynasty, a Japanese brought tea back to Japan when studying in China, so drinking tea became a fashion pursued by the Japanese at that time, and the tea set for drinking tea also became a particularly valuable treasure.

Because the Japanese can't make porcelain, the porcelain tea set sent by China is precious. A man named Murata took a fancy to a dark crock bought for ninety-nine yuan. At that time, in Japan, ninety-nine dollars was equivalent to a huge sum. Because this crock looks like an eggplant, it is called ninety-nine eggplants. In order to please General Ashi at that time, Murata presented this crock to him. Ash likes it very much and often plays with it in his hand. Then there was a war, and this treasure was re-circulated in the market.

Later, this treasure was acquired by a man named Song Yong. He dedicated this treasure to a powerful man named Nobunaga to save his life. The nobunaga loves tea very much and can't put it down for these ninety-nine eggplants. However, he failed to keep the baby. Nobunaga was betrayed by his men, buried in the sea of fire, and his treasure was burned to pieces. Later, this 99-wool eggplant was restored and is now collected in the art museum in Tokyo.