Agano ware

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

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

See also

• List of Traditional Crafts of Japan