The Six Ancient Kilns (六古窯 Rokkoyō) is a category developed by
Koyama Fujio (小山富士夫 1900–1975) in the post-war period to describe the most noteworthy ceramic
kiln
A kiln is a thermally insulated chamber, a type of oven, that produces temperatures sufficient to complete some process, such as hardening, drying, or Chemical Changes, chemical changes. Kilns have been used for millennia to turn objects m ...
s of
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
.
The six kilns are:
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Bizen ware (備前焼, Bizen-yaki), produced in Bizen, Okayama
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Echizen ware (越前焼, Echizen-yaki), produced in Echizen, Odacho and Miyazaki, Fukui Prefecture
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Seto ware (瀬戸焼, Seto-yaki), produced in
Seto, Aichi
is a Cities of Japan, city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 127,659 in 56,573 households, and a population density of 1,146 persons per km2. The total area was .
Geography
Seto is located in the hilly northe ...
Prefecture
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Shigaraki ware
Shigaraki ware (信楽焼) is a type of stoneware pottery made in Shigaraki area, Japan. The kiln is one of the Six Ancient Kilns in Japan. Although figures representing the Japanese raccoon dog, tanuki are a popular product included as Shig ...
(信楽焼, Shigaraki-yaki), produced in Kōka, Shiga, east of Lake Biwa
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Tamba ware, also known as Tachikui ware (丹波立杭焼, Tamba-Tachikui-yaki), produced in Sasayama and Tachikui in Hyōgo
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Tokoname ware (常滑焼, Tokoname-yaki), produced in
Tokoname
is a Cities of Japan, city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 57,872 in 24,872 households, and a population density of 1,035 persons per km2. The total area of the city is .
Geography
Tokoname is located on ...
, Aichi Prefecture
The Okayama Prefectural Bizen Ceramic Museum held an exhibition in 2001 about the six kilns.
See also
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Enshū's Seven Kilns
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List of Japanese ceramics sites
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Five Great Kilns
The Five Great Kilns (), also known as Five Famous Kilns, is a generic term for ceramic kilns or wares (in Chinese 窯 yáo can mean either) which produced Chinese ceramics during the Song dynasty (960–1279) that were later held in particularly ...
of Song China
References Journey. One thousand years. The Six Ancient Kilns -JAPAN HERITAGE-
External links
Journey. One thousand years. The Six Ancient Kilns -JAPAN HERITAGE- Six Ancient Kilns of Japan
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