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The is a prefectural
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located in the city of
Seto Seto may refer to: Places *Seto, Aichi, production place of Japanese pottery and venue of Expo 2005 * Seto, Ehime, facing the Seto Inland Sea * Seto, Okayama, adjacent to Okayama, in Okayama Prefecture *Seto Inland Sea of Japan *Setomaa (''Seto ...
, north of the metropolis of
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in central
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. This museum was formally named "Aichi-ken Toji Shiryokan (愛知県陶磁資料館)", but the name in English has been the same as before.


Overview

The museum was established in 1978 to showcase the history of Japanese pottery found in the area of
Owari Province was a province of Japan in the area that today forms the western half of Aichi Prefecture, including the modern city of Nagoya. The province was created in 646. Owari bordered on Mikawa, Mino, and Ise Provinces. Owari and Mino provinces w ...
, today part of
Aichi Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,461,111 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the ...
. The main building and the southern annex were designed by renowned architect Taniguchi Yoshirō. The collection of over 7000 items ranges from the
Jōmon period In Japanese history, the is the time between , during which Japan was inhabited by the Jōmon people, a diverse hunter-gatherer and early agriculturalist population united by a common culture, which reached a considerable degree of sedentism an ...
(circa 10,000 BC - circa 300 BC) to contemporary ceramics produced by some of Japan's most famous potters, detailing Japan's rich ceramic art history. Some of the works in the collection are designated as Important Cultural Properties of Japan. The museum is located in the city of
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 ...
, which is renowned for producing
Seto ware is a type of Japanese pottery, stoneware, and ceramics produced in and around the city of Seto, Aichi, Seto in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The Japanese term for it, ''setomono'', is also used as a generic term for all pottery. Seto was the locatio ...
ceramics since over 1,000 years. Located in the museum is a library, restaurant, a traditional
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room where visitors can drink from tea bowls made by famous artists and a studio for guests where they can try making and decorating their own pottery. Access by public transport is from Fujigaoka Station on the
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subway and by
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to Toji Shiryokan (Ceramic Museum) stop or
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on the
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. The museum is closed from June 2023 to March 2025 for reconstruction.


See also

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List of museums in Japan This is a list of museums in Japan. As of October 2018, there were 5,738 museums in Japan. This total comprises, in line with the Museum Act (Japan), Museum Act, 914 registered museums, 372 designated museum-equivalent facilities, and 4,452 museu ...


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Homepage of the Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum
{{authority control Buildings and structures in Seto, Aichi Art museums and galleries in Aichi Prefecture Prefectural museums Ceramics museums in Japan 1978 establishments in Japan Art museums and galleries established in 1978 Important Cultural Properties of Aichi Prefecture Aichi Prefecture designated tangible cultural property