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The most produced Japanese pottery in Japan. Sometimes, the term Seto-yaki (or Seto-mono) stands for all Japanese pottery. Includes Ofukei ware. Shigaraki ware: 信楽焼: Shiga Prefecture: One of the oldest styles in Japan. Famous for tanuki pottery pieces. Shitoro ware: 志戸呂焼: Shōdai ware: 小代焼: Arao, Kumamoto
Arita ware (Japanese: 有田焼, Hepburn: Arita-yaki) is a broad term for Japanese porcelain made in the area around the town of Arita, in the former Hizen Province, northwestern Kyūshū island. It is also known as Hizen ware ( 肥前焼 , Hizen-yaki ) after the wider area of the province.
Most scholars date satsuma ware's appearance to the late sixteenth [1] or early seventeenth century. [2] In 1597–1598, at the conclusion of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's incursions into Korea, Korean potters, which at the time were highly regarded for their contributions to ceramics and the Korean ceramics industry, were captured and forcefully brought to Japan to kick-start Kyūshū's non-existent ...
Soba choko (Japanese: そば猪口, romanized: sobachoko) are 3–9 cm cup-sized Japanese porcelain vessels, suitable for drinking sake or Japanese tea, or for eating soba noodles. They were mass-produced for domestic use in Japan in the Edo Imari period (1620–1886), traditionally sold in sets of five, often non-matching.
Nabeshima ware (鍋島焼, Nabeshima-yaki) is a type of Japanese pottery, specifically an unusually high-quality porcelain. It was produced in Ōkawachi kilns managed directly by the Saga Domain under the Nabeshima clan from the 17th to the 19th centuries. [ 1 ]
Raku ware (楽焼, raku-yaki) is a type of Japanese pottery traditionally used in Japanese tea ceremonies, most often in the form of chawan tea bowls. It is traditionally characterised by being hand-shaped rather than thrown, fairly porous vessels, which result from low firing temperatures, lead glazes and the removal of pieces from the kiln ...
Inuyama ware can come in many different types. Red and green coloured ware is a popular mark with flower and nature motifs. [2] [3] [4] Notable artists are Yamamoto Gempō (1866-1961), [5] [6] and Ozeki Sakujūrō (尾関作十郎) and studio. [7] [8] [9]
Awata ware (粟田焼, Awata-yaki) is a type of Japanese pottery that is a form of Kyō ware from Kyoto. [1] It is related to other Kyō wares such as Mizoro ware and Kiyomizu ware, but denotes the kiln it originates from. The origin lies in the Awataguchi area of Kyoto. [2] Awata kilns also produced Satsuma ware at one point. [3]