Agano-yaki
PotteryKyushu
National Traditional Craft
Price range
¥2,000 ~ ¥80,000
Tea ceremony ware from Fukuoka with delicate forms and subtle glazes.
Agano-yaki is a pottery tradition from Fukuoka Prefecture, founded around 1602 by Korean potter Sonkai under the patronage of feudal lord Hosokawa Tadaoki. It was designated as one of the preferred tea ceremony wares by the great tea master Kobori Enshu, earning it the status of an "Enshu seven kilns" ware. Its thin-walled, elegant forms and delicate glazes in green, amber, and white set it apart from heavier folk pottery traditions.
Materials
Local clay, copper glaze
Techniques
Wheel throwing, reduction firing