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Agano ware

Agano ware

Type of Japanese pottery

Not to be confused with anchi ware, a type of pottery made in Agano, Niigata.

Agano ware (上野焼, Agano-yaki) is a type of Japanese pottery traditionally made in Fukuchi, Tagawa District, Fukuoka.[1]

Agano ware sake bottle (tokkuri), Edo period, mid-19th century

History

Agano ware has its beginnings in 1602, when artisans arrived in Japan from the Kingdom of Joseon in Korea by invitation from the daimyo of Kokura Domain.[2] The beginnings of its production was supported by Hosokawa Sansai,[3] who was otherwise known as the daimyō Hosokawa Tadaoki.[4][5] It was originally associated with the tea ceremony.[1]

Agano Kawara ware (上野香春焼) is a type of Agano ware traditionally made in Kawara, Fukuoka Prefecture.[6]

Images

  • sake bottle tokkuri, Edo period, 19th century
  • sake bottle (tokkuri) with textured surface, Edo period, late 18th-early 19th century

References

  1. [1]
    "Other Major Styles". e-Yakimono. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  2. [2]
    "Agano Ware｜Traditional Crafts｜Fukuoka & Culture｜ACROS Fukuoka". www.acros.or.jp. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  3. [3]
    Cort, Louise (2006–2007). "Collecting against the Grain: Unexpected Japanese Ceramics in the Collection of the Walters Art Museum". The Journal of the Walters Art Museum. 64/65: 185. ISSN 1946-0988. JSTOR 20650901.
  4. [4]
    Sanmi, Sasaki; McCabe, Shaun; Satoko, Iwasaki (2002). Chado the Way of Tea: A Japanese Tea Master's Almanac. Tuttle Publishing. p. 602. ISBN 0-8048-3272-2. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  5. [5]
    Frédéric, Louis; Roth, Kathe (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 359. ISBN 0-674-00770-0. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  6. [6]
    "Modern Japanese Pottery and Porcelain Marks (窯印): AGANO YAKI (上野焼き)-Ceramics of Fukuoka Prefecture". 29 September 2013.

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