Takatori ware

Takatori ware (高取焼 Takatori-yaki) is a stoneware ceramic type made in Fukuoka Prefecture.

History

The Japanese ceramic known as Takatori ware was founded by Korean potters brought to Japan at the end of the sixteenth century. From its founding until 1871, Takatori ware production was controlled and patronized by the Kuroda, lords of Chikuzen Province (now Fukuoka Prefecture). The earliest known kiln was built at the base of Mt. Takatori in Chikuzen between 1600 and 1606.^[1](p20) Over the course of the seventeenth century, the site of Takatori production moved five times. In 1716, the workshop and kiln were moved to the Nishijin area west of the Kuroda castle at Fukuoka; there production remained until the abolition of the domain system in 1871. Later, probably in the nineteenth century, the Takatori style became known as one of the Seven Famous Kilns of Enshu, which made wares following the preferences of the tea ceremony master Kobori Enshū.^[2]

References

1. Andrew L Maske (2011). Potters and Patrons in Edo Period Japan: Takatori Ware and the Kuroda Domain. The Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700–1950. Ashgate. ISBN 978-1409407560.
2. "Other Major Styles". e-Yakimono. Retrieved 26 October 2012.

Further reading

• Takeshi, Nagatake (1979). Japanese ceramics from the Tanakamaru collection. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

External links

• http://www.takatoriyaki.jp