I'm a china painter (porcelain painter) and always curious about pottery. In Japan, there are six ancient kilns that have distinct styles, differing from those in Korea and China . These six ancient kilns originated in Japan. Japanese people have been connected to pottery since the Jōmon period.
When I lived in Fukui Prefecture due to my husband's job, I've visited the Echizen pottery village. Echizen pottery is considered one of the six ancient kilns. My hometown, Shiga Prefecture is also home to one of these ancient traditions, known as Shigaraki ware, and I've visited there many times.
Now, I live in Osaka Prefecture and I've had opportunities to visit Tanba Sasayama in Hyōgo Prefecture to see Tamba-Tachikui ware. There are usually excellent pottery museums near each of the six ancient kilns, showcasing their unique pottery styles.
Last month, I visited Hyōgo Ceramic Art Museum with a friend of mine to see Tamba-Tachikui ware.
When we entered the museum, a large pottery piece greeted us.
Compared to Shigaraki ware and Echizen ware, Tamba-Tachikui ware has a greenish hue.
The two bottles pictured below were used for storing sake, called tokkuri in Japanese.
Since painted Tamba-Tachikui ware was quite rare, I took a photo of this one, which is also a tokkuri (sake bottle).
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Wow, that pottery is beautiful. Thanks for sharing the info about the six ancient kilns. We're planning on visiting the Okayama area of Japan in May and considered going to the Bizen area to see some of the pottery there. Now, if we do that, I can tell my family that we're visiting one of the six ancient kilns of Japan.
Thank you for the corrections and the comment. I'm glad my information is useful to you. The Bizen area is very beautiful, and I'm sure you and your family will have a great time there!
Have you ever tried pottery? I'd love to make my own plate and tea cup someday :)
My character, Tanaka Ryuunosuke, is very interested in the Tsutsumi-yaki pottery produced at the Tsutsumi kiln near Sendai City, Yumi ( @yumiyumayume ).
I am a bit confused because I have to understand how messages can be communicated through the drawings on the ceramics.
@Aki_ san. Thank you for reading my post. Unfortunately, I've never tried it out yet, but I've thought about it. To think about my personality, I'm a perfectionist, so I don't think I can handle two things at the same time. I think creating pottery is fun, and you'll love it! When you create blank pottery, I'd love to paint on yours. Let me know! ( Although we've been known each other for over 18 years, we still don't know each other's address, lol. We can figure it out. )
@druida The Tsutsumi-yaki is one of my favorites! You never stop amaze me! I'm really looking forward to reading the Tsutumi-yaki part in your story!!