Japanese ceramics and pottery

Ware	Main Period(s)	Location (Prefecture)	Region
Agano ware	Early Edo period (17th century)	Fukuoka Prefecture	Kyushu
Aka Raku	Momoyama – Edo period	Kyoto Prefecture	Kansai
Aka Shino	Momoyama period (late 16th century)	Gifu Prefecture	Chūbu
Akazu ware	Kamakura onward; flourished Muromachi – Edo	Aichi Prefecture	Chūbu
Arita ware	Early Edo period (from 1616)	Saga Prefecture	Kyushu
Banko ware	Edo period (18th century); revived Meiji	Mie Prefecture	Kansai
Bizen ware	Heian origins; peak Kamakura – Muromachi; Edo continuation	Okayama Prefecture	Chūgoku
Echizen ware	Late Heian – Kamakura; Six Ancient Kilns	Fukui Prefecture	Chūbu (Hokuriku)
E-Shino	Momoyama period	Gifu Prefecture	Chūbu
Export Satsuma	Meiji period (export boom)	Kagoshima & Kyoto	Kyushu / Kansai
Hagi ware	Early Edo period (from 1604)	Yamaguchi Prefecture	Chūgoku
Hasami ware	Early Edo period (from 1599)	Nagasaki Prefecture	Kyushu
Hirado ware	Edo period (18th century)	Nagasaki Prefecture (Hirado)	Kyushu
Imari ware	Edo period (17th–19th centuries)	Saga Prefecture (Imari port)	Kyushu
Izushi ware	Edo period (18th century onward)	Hyōgo Prefecture	Kansai
Kakiemon ware	Early Edo period (mid-17th century)	Saga Prefecture	Kyushu
Karatsu ware	Momoyama origins; flourished Edo	Saga Prefecture	Kyushu
Kasama ware	Edo period (late 18th century)	Ibaraki Prefecture	Kantō
Ki-Seto	Momoyama period	Gifu/Aichi Prefecture	Chūbu
Ko-Imari	Early Edo period (17th century)	Saga Prefecture	Kyushu
Ko-Kutani	Early Edo period (mid-17th century)	Ishikawa Prefecture	Chūbu (Hokuriku)
Kuro Satsuma	Edo – Meiji period	Kagoshima Prefecture	Kyushu
Kutani ware	Edo period (from 1655); revivals Edo & Meiji	Ishikawa Prefecture	Chūbu (Hokuriku)
Kyō ware (Kiyomizu-yaki)	Momoyama – Edo period	Kyoto Prefecture	Kansai
Mashiko ware	Edo period (19th century); expanded Meiji	Tochigi Prefecture	Kantō
Mikawa ware	Edo period	Aichi Prefecture	Chūbu
Mino ware	Momoyama period; continued Edo	Gifu Prefecture	Chūbu
Muji Shino	Momoyama period	Gifu Prefecture	Chūbu
Nezumi Shino	Momoyama period	Gifu Prefecture	Chūbu
Ohi ware	Edo period (from 1666)	Ishikawa Prefecture (Kanazawa)	Chūbu (Hokuriku)
Onta ware	Edo period (18th century); still produced	Ōita Prefecture	Kyushu
Oribe ware	Momoyama period	Gifu Prefecture	Chūbu
Raku ware	Momoyama (1580s) – Edo	Kyoto Prefecture	Kansai
Satsuma ware	Late 16th century; expanded Edo – Meiji	Kagoshima Prefecture	Kyushu
Seihakuji	Edo period	Mainly Seto & Arita kilns	Chūbu / Kyushu
Seto ware	Heian origins; Kamakura – Muromachi; flourished Edo	Aichi Prefecture	Chūbu
Shigaraki ware	Kamakura origins; Six Ancient Kilns	Shiga Prefecture	Kansai
Shido ware	Edo period	Kagawa Prefecture	Shikoku
Shidoro ware	Muromachi – Edo period	Shizuoka Prefecture	Chūbu
Shino ware	Momoyama period	Gifu Prefecture	Chūbu
Shiro Satsuma	Edo – Meiji period	Kagoshima Prefecture	Kyushu
Soma ware	Edo period (late 17th century)	Fukushima Prefecture	Tōhoku
Takatori ware	Momoyama (late 16th century); flourished Edo	Fukuoka Prefecture	Kyushu
Tamba ware	Heian origins; Kamakura – Muromachi; Edo	Hyōgo Prefecture	Kansai
Tenmoku	Kamakura – Muromachi	Seto/Mino production	Chūbu
Tobe ware	Edo period (18th century)	Ehime Prefecture	Shikoku
Tsuboya ware	Edo period (17th century, Ryukyu Kingdom)	Okinawa Prefecture (Naha)	Okinawa
Yohen Tenmoku	Kamakura period (imported Chinese examples)	Preserved in Kyoto temples	Kansai