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Echizen Pottery: Japan's Quietest Ancient Kiln Tradition Echizen ware may be the most understated of Japan's Six Anc...

Takatori Ware: The Tea Ceremony Kiln of Fukuoka's Enshu Tradition Takatori ware has one of the clearest purposes of ...

Tamba Ware and the Six Ancient Kilns Deep in the mountains of Hyogo Prefecture, roughly thirty kilometres north of t...

Banko Ware: Japan's Heat-Retaining Purple Clay Teapot Tradition Pick up a Banko teapot and the first thing you notic...

Seto Ware: The Kiln Town That Named All Japanese Ceramics There is a word in Japanese — seto-mono (瀬戸物) — that means...

Hagi Ware: The Pottery That Changes Colour Over a Lifetime of Tea A Hagi chawan holds the colour of pale cream when ...

Mino ware is the broad ceramic tradition of Japan's Mino region in Gifu Prefecture, and it matters for two very diffe...

Bizen Pottery: Japan's Unglazed, Iron-Rich Ancient Ceramic Tradition No glaze. No pigment. No decoration applied to ...

Kutani Ware: Japan's Most Vividly Painted Porcelain There is nothing subtle about Kutani. A Kutani yunomi arrives in...

Mashiko Pottery: The Folk Craft Ware That Shaped Modern Japanese Ceramics A Mashiko yunomi has weight. The glaze is ...

Tokoname Teapots: Japan's Premier Kyusu Ware from an Ancient Kiln A Tokoname kyusu in unglazed red clay sits on the ...

Arita and Imari Porcelain: Japan's First Export Ceramics When European collectors in the seventeenth century spoke o...