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Styles of Yakimono

There are various kinds of earthenware(called Yakimono), and they are made in various parts of Japan.
The main homes of them are shown in this figure.

◆Kasama-yaki：　Produced in Ibaraki.
◆Mashiko-yaki：　Produced in Tochigi.
◆Koito-yaki：　Produced in Gifu.
◆Mino-yaki：　Produced in Gifu. Includes Shino-yaki, Oribe-yaki, Setoguro, and Ki-Seto.
◆Seto-yaki：　Produced in Aichi. The most produced Japanese pottery in Japan. Sometimes, the term Seto-yaki (or Seto-mono) stands for all Japanese pottery.
◆Tokoname-yaki：　Produced in Aichi. Most are flower vases, rice bowls, teacup.
◆Shigaraki-yaki：　Produced in Shiga. One of the oldest styles in Japan. Famous for tanuki pottery pieces.
◆Tobe-yaki：　Produced in Shikoku. Most are thick porcelain table ware with blue cobalt paintings.
◆Arita-yaki (Imari-yaki)：　Produced in Saga.
◆Karatsu-yaki：　Produced in Saga. The most produced pottery in western Japan. Believed to have started in the 16th century. Greatly influenced by Korean potters.
◆Satsuma-yaki：　Produced in Kyūshū and other areas. Started by Korean potters about four hundred years ago.
◆Hagi-yaki：　Produced in Yamaguchi. Since it is burned at a relatively low temperature, it is fragile and transmits the warmth of its contents quickly.
◆Bizen-yaki：　Produced in Okayama. Also called Inbe-yaki. A reddish-brown pottery, which is believed to have originated in the 6th century.
◆Kyo-yaki：　Produced in Kyoto.
◆Raku-yaki：　Produced in Kyoto. There is a proverb of the hierarchy of ceramic styles used for tea ceremony: 'First, Raku(-yaki). Second, Hagi. Third, Karatsu.'
◆Kutani-yaki：　Produced in Ishikawa.