Japanese ceramics and pottery

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# Ware Main Period(s) Location (Prefecture) Region
1 Agano ware Early Edo period (17th century) Fukuoka Prefecture Kyushu
2 Aka Raku Momoyama – Edo period Kyoto Prefecture Kansai
3 Aka Shino Momoyama period (late 16th century) Gifu Prefecture Chūbu
4 Akazu ware Kamakura onward; flourished Muromachi – Edo Aichi Prefecture Chūbu
5 Arita ware Early Edo period (from 1616) Saga Prefecture Kyushu
6 Banko ware Edo period (18th century); revived Meiji Mie Prefecture Kansai
7 Bizen ware Heian origins; peak Kamakura – Muromachi; Edo continuation Okayama Prefecture Chūgoku
8 Echizen ware Late Heian – Kamakura; Six Ancient Kilns Fukui Prefecture Chūbu (Hokuriku)
9 E-Shino Momoyama period Gifu Prefecture Chūbu
10 Export Satsuma Meiji period (export boom) Kagoshima & Kyoto Kyushu / Kansai
11 Hagi ware Early Edo period (from 1604) Yamaguchi Prefecture Chūgoku
12 Hasami ware Early Edo period (from 1599) Nagasaki Prefecture Kyushu
13 Hirado ware Edo period (18th century) Nagasaki Prefecture (Hirado) Kyushu
14 Imari ware Edo period (17th–19th centuries) Saga Prefecture (Imari port) Kyushu
15 Izushi ware Edo period (18th century onward) Hyōgo Prefecture Kansai
16 Kakiemon ware Early Edo period (mid-17th century) Saga Prefecture Kyushu
17 Karatsu ware Momoyama origins; flourished Edo Saga Prefecture Kyushu
18 Kasama ware Edo period (late 18th century) Ibaraki Prefecture Kantō
19 Ki-Seto Momoyama period Gifu/Aichi Prefecture Chūbu
20 Ko-Imari Early Edo period (17th century) Saga Prefecture Kyushu
21 Ko-Kutani Early Edo period (mid-17th century) Ishikawa Prefecture Chūbu (Hokuriku)
22 Kuro Satsuma Edo – Meiji period Kagoshima Prefecture Kyushu
23 Kutani ware Edo period (from 1655); revivals Edo & Meiji Ishikawa Prefecture Chūbu (Hokuriku)
24 Kyō ware (Kiyomizu-yaki) Momoyama – Edo period Kyoto Prefecture Kansai
25 Mashiko ware Edo period (19th century); expanded Meiji Tochigi Prefecture Kantō
26 Mikawa ware Edo period Aichi Prefecture Chūbu
27 Mino ware Momoyama period; continued Edo Gifu Prefecture Chūbu
28 Muji Shino Momoyama period Gifu Prefecture Chūbu
29 Nezumi Shino Momoyama period Gifu Prefecture Chūbu
30 Ohi ware Edo period (from 1666) Ishikawa Prefecture (Kanazawa) Chūbu (Hokuriku)
31 Onta ware Edo period (18th century); still produced Ōita Prefecture Kyushu
32 Oribe ware Momoyama period Gifu Prefecture Chūbu
33 Raku ware Momoyama (1580s) – Edo Kyoto Prefecture Kansai
34 Satsuma ware Late 16th century; expanded Edo – Meiji Kagoshima Prefecture Kyushu
35 Seihakuji Edo period Mainly Seto & Arita kilns Chūbu / Kyushu
36 Seto ware Heian origins; Kamakura – Muromachi; flourished Edo Aichi Prefecture Chūbu
37 Shigaraki ware Kamakura origins; Six Ancient Kilns Shiga Prefecture Kansai
38 Shido ware Edo period Kagawa Prefecture Shikoku
39 Shidoro ware Muromachi – Edo period Shizuoka Prefecture Chūbu
40 Shino ware Momoyama period Gifu Prefecture Chūbu
41 Shiro Satsuma Edo – Meiji period Kagoshima Prefecture Kyushu
42 Soma ware Edo period (late 17th century) Fukushima Prefecture Tōhoku
43 Takatori ware Momoyama (late 16th century); flourished Edo Fukuoka Prefecture Kyushu
44 Tamba ware Heian origins; Kamakura – Muromachi; Edo Hyōgo Prefecture Kansai
45 Tenmoku Kamakura – Muromachi Seto/Mino production Chūbu
46 Tobe ware Edo period (18th century) Ehime Prefecture Shikoku
47 Tsuboya ware Edo period (17th century, Ryukyu Kingdom) Okinawa Prefecture (Naha) Okinawa
48 Yohen Tenmoku Kamakura period (imported Chinese examples) Preserved in Kyoto temples Kansai
49 Tokoname ware Heian period onward; flourished Kamakura – Edo Aichi Prefecture Chūbu
50 Shitoro ware Edo period Shizuoka Prefecture Chūbu
51 Matsushiro ware Edo period Nagano Prefecture Chūbu
52 Mikawachi ware Edo period onward Nagasaki Prefecture Kyushu
53 Aizu Hongo ware Edo period onward Fukushima Prefecture Tōhoku
54 Obori Soma ware Edo period onward Fukushima Prefecture Tōhoku
55 Shimamura ware Edo period Ibaraki Prefecture Kantō
56 Hizen ware Early Edo period onward Saga / Nagasaki Prefecture Kyushu
57 Hōrai ware Edo period Kyoto Prefecture Kansai
58 Yatsushiro ware Edo period onward Kumamoto Prefecture Kyushu
59 Sanda ware Edo period onward Hyōgo Prefecture Kansai
60 Nabeshima ware Edo period (17th–19th century) Saga Prefecture Kyushu
61 Awata ware Edo period (17th century onward) Kyoto Prefecture Kansai
62 Kiyomizu ware Edo period (17th century onward) Kyoto Prefecture Kansai
63 Hōraku ware Edo period Aichi Prefecture Chūbu
64 Koishiwara ware Edo period (from 17th century) Fukuoka Prefecture Kyushu
65 Iga ware Late Heian – Edo period Mie Prefecture Kansai