List of Japanese ceramics sites

The list of Japanese ceramics sites (日本の陶磁器産地一覧 (Nihon no tōjiki sanchi ichiran)) consists of historical and existing pottery kilns in Japan and the Japanese pottery and porcelain ware they primarily produced.

The list contains kilns of the post-Heian period. Not listed are ancient earthenware pottery such as Jōmon pottery, Yayoi pottery, Haji pottery, Sue pottery, Kamui ware, etc. are general topics whose origins and production cannot be linked to just one specific kiln. Shimamono are objects that were imported from southeast Asia, but later produced locally as well. Mishima pottery despite its name is of Korean origin.

Some of the existing kilns and the main ceramic wares have been designated by the government Agency for Cultural Affairs as an Intangible Cultural Property as regulated by the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties (1950). In addition the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has designated others as "traditional handicraft workshops". The criteria set by the ministry to be recognised as a "traditional craft" (伝統的工芸品 (Den tōtekikōgeihin)) are regulated by Law No. 57 on the Promotion of Traditional Craft Industries (1974), also known as the "Densan Law" (伝産法)):[1]

  1. It is primarily a craft for everyday life usage
  2. The manufacturing process has to be largely done manually
  3. Has a history of over 100 years, with production continuing to use traditional technologies and techniques
  4. The type of main raw material has remained the same for over 100 years.
  5. Artisans producing the craft have to have a certain degree of scale to be counted as a regional industry

Amongst the list are also the so-called Enshu's Seven Kilns (遠州七窯 (Enshū nana gama)) attributed to Kobori Enshū during the Edo period, as well as the Six Ancient Kilns (六古窯 (Rokkoyō)) by Fujiyo Koyama during the Shōwa era.

The listing follows a geographical arrangement from north to southern Japan. It is divided by regions, then prefectures, then within the prefectures in alphabetical order. Those designated by the government are in bold letters, those listed under Enshū are marked with a 7 and those by Koyama with a 6 sign in brackets.

Hokkaidō

Tōhoku

Aomori

Akita

Fukushima

Iwate

Miyagi

Yamagata

Kantō

Gunma

Ibaraki

Saitama

Tochigi

Tokyō

Chūbu

Aichi

Fukui

Gifu

Ishikawa

Nagano

Niigata

Shizuoka

Toyama

Yamanashi

Kansai

Hyōgo

Kyōto

Mie

Nara

Ōsaka

Shiga

Wakayama

Chūgoku

Hiroshima

Okayama

Shimane

Tottori

Yamaguchi

Shikoku

Ehime

Kagawa

Kōchi

Tokushima

Kyūshū

Fukuoka

Kagoshima

Kumamoto

Miyazaki

Nagasaki

Oita

Saga

Ryukyu Islands

References

  1. ↑ http://www.meti.go.jp/policy/mono_info_service/mono/nichiyo-densan/

Further reading

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