Oita
Onta-yaki (小鹿田焼) is the **mountain-village mingei pottery tradition of Sarayama**, in Hita City, northwestern Ōita Prefecture — practiced…
Tochigi
Mashiko-yaki (益子焼) is the **mingei-tradition pottery of Mashiko**, in southeastern Tochigi Prefecture — a Kasama-yaki daughter kiln founded…
Yamaguchi
Hagi-yaki (萩焼) is the **tea-ceremony pottery of Hagi**, in northern Yamaguchi Prefecture — practiced continuously since 1604 when…
Kumamoto
Shōdai-yaki (小代焼) is the **reduction-fired stoneware tradition of Arao** in northwestern Kumamoto Prefecture — practiced continuously since 1632…
Ehime
Tobe-yaki (砥部焼) is the **white porcelain tradition of Tobe Town**, in central Ehime Prefecture on Shikoku — practiced…
Shiga
Shigaraki-yaki (信楽焼) is the **stoneware tradition of Shigaraki**, in southern Shiga Prefecture — one of the **Six Old…
Gifu
Mino-yaki (美濃焼) is the **largest pottery tradition in Japan by production volume** — producing approximately **50-60% of all…
Okayama
Bizen-yaki (備前焼) is the **unglazed reduction-fired stoneware tradition of Bizen, in southeastern Okayama Prefecture** — one of the…
Nagasaki
Modern HASAMI Porcelain mug by Ishimaru Tōgei, one of the named workshops that produces the iconic line. 210…
Saga
Arita-yaki (有田焼) is the **founding tradition of Japanese porcelain** — born in 1616 when the Korean-born potter Yi…
Ibaraki
Kasama-yaki (笠間焼) is the Ibaraki Prefecture pottery tradition founded in 1772 — the earliest pottery center on the…
Aichi
Tokoname-yaki (常滑焼) is the 1,000-year-old pottery of Tokoname, in central Aichi Prefecture — one of the **Six Old…
Kyoto
Kyō-yaki (京焼) and Kiyomizu-yaki (清水焼) are the named ceramic traditions of Kyoto — overlapping terms for the painted-porcelain…
Ishikawa
Kutani-yaki (九谷焼) is the five-color overglaze porcelain of the Kaga region in Ishikawa Prefecture — produced continuously since…