Nihon Rokkoyo

bizenyaki
JP: 日本六古窯/にほんろっこよう General term for six kilns which started producing pottery between the 8th and 15th centuries in Japan, and are still operating...

Nihon Rokkoyo

bizenyaki
JP: 日本六古窯/にほんろっこよう General term for six kilns which started producing pottery between the 8th and 15th centuries in Japan, and are still operating...

Noborigama

kiln
JP: 登り窯/のぼりがま A style of kiln for firing ceramic products. The kiln is chambered and built on a slope. Products are put in each chamber, and a fir...

Oniwa-yaki

daimyo
JP: 御庭焼/おにわやき Pottery and porcelain which craftsmen made under the orders of those daimyo (Japanese feudal lords) who had a kiln in the grounds of...

Oranda Higashi Indo Gaisha (The Dutch East India Company)

arita porcelain
JP: オランダ東インド会社/おらんだひがしいんどがいしゃ The Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, VOC) was a chartered company established in 1602 t...

Ri Sanpei (Yi Sam-pyeong)

discover
JP: 李参平/りさんぺい A Korean potter, who was captured and brought back to Japan from Korea at the time of Japanese invasion of Korea by Toyotomi Hideyos...

Ri Sanpei No Hi (Monument of Ri Sanpei)

arita
JP: 李参平の碑/りさんぺいのひ Erected in 1917, in the area of Tozan shrine in Arita town, in celebration of 300 years of Arita porcelain production. It stan...

Sarayama

sarayama
JP: 皿山/さらやま The name for  any place where pottery and porcelain is produced.

Sekki

nonglazed
JP: 炻器/せっき Pottery made of clay and not glazed. Since Sekki is fired at a high temperature (1200-1300 ℃) for a long time (some kilns take 2 weeks!...

Seto-yaki

aichi
JP: 瀬戸焼/せとやき Generic name for pottery and porcelain products made in and around Seto, Aichi prefecture. Pottery production started in the Kamakura...

Setomono

aichi
JP: 瀬戸物/せともの An alternative term for Seto-yaki of Aichi prefecture, Japan. This term is also used as generic name for all pottery and porcelain pr...

Shibata Akihiko (1940 -2004)

big collection
JP: 柴田明彦/しばたあきひこ A collector of Old Imari pieces (mainly from the Edo period, 17th-19th century) for 40 years with his wife Yuko. They donated 10,...

Shibata-fusai Collection (The Shibata collection)

big collection
JP: 柴田夫妻コレクション/しばたふさいこれくしょん The collection of Mr. and Mrs. Shibata, mainly consisting of Old-Imari pieces. They have donated 10,311 pieces to The ...