refers to a type of

Japanese pottery is one of the oldest Japanese crafts and Japanese art, art forms, dating back to the Neolithic period. Types have included earthenware, pottery, stoneware, porcelain, and Blue and white porcelain, blue-and-white ware. Japan has an exception ...

produced in the region around the towns of Nagayo in

Nagasaki Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan, mainly located on the island of Kyūshū, although it also includes a number of islands off Kyūshū's northwest coast - including Tsushima and Iki. Nagasaki Prefecture has a population of 1,246,4 ...

, western

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. Nagayo ware has links to Kameyama ware. During the Edo period, a number of high-quality ceramic vessels were produced that employed the ''

sancai ''Sancai'' ()Vainker, 75 is a versatile type of decoration on Chinese pottery and other painted pieces using glazes or slip, predominantly in the three colours of brown (or amber), green, and a creamy off-white. It is particularly associated ...

'' (三彩; literally: "three colours") type of decoration, which mainly used, but was not limited to, the three colors of brown, green, and a creamy off-white.

References

External links

* http://kapitan.b1388.jp/article/0041278.html * http://www.city.isahaya.nagasaki.jp/post69/1720.html * http://www.city.isahaya.nagasaki.jp/post07/16486.html Japanese pottery Culture in Nagasaki Prefecture ja:長与焼 {{japan-art-stub