Six Ancient Kilns

The Six Ancient Kilns (六古窯 Rokkoyō) is a category developed by Koyama Fujio (小山富士夫 1900–1975) in the post-war period to describe the most noteworthy ceramic kilns of Japan.^[1]

The six kilns are:^[2]

• Bizen ware (備前焼, Bizen-yaki), produced in Bizen, Okayama
• Echizen ware (越前焼, Echizen-yaki), produced in Echizen, Odacho and Miyazaki, Fukui Prefecture
• Seto ware (瀬戸焼, Seto-yaki), produced in Seto, Aichi Prefecture
• Shigaraki ware (信楽焼, Shigaraki-yaki), produced in Kōka, Shiga, east of Lake Biwa
• Tamba ware, also known as Tachikui ware (丹波立杭焼, Tamba-Tachikui-yaki), produced in Sasayama and Tachikui in Hyōgo
• Tokoname ware (常滑焼, Tokoname-yaki), produced in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture

The Okayama Prefectural Bizen Ceramic Museum held an exhibition in 2001 about the six kilns.^[3]

See also

• Enshū's Seven Kilns
• List of Japanese ceramics sites
• Five Great Kilns of Song China