Wares
Production traditions and kiln sites
38 entries
- 有田焼Arita warePorcelain from Arita in Saga prefecture (old Hizen province), where Japan's first porcelain was made in the early 17th century from local porcelain stone; tradition credits a Korean potter, Ri Sanpei (Kanagae Sanbei), with finding the Izumiyama stone in 1616. Shipped from the port of Imari, it was long called Imari ware, and from the 1640s–50s the Dutch East India Company carried it to Europe.draft
- 萬古焼Banko warePottery of Yokkaichi and the Kuwana area in Mie, named after the seal 萬古不易 used by its mid-Edo founder Nunami Rōzan.draft
- 備前焼Bizen wareUnglazed, unpainted stoneware from Inbe in Bizen City, Okayama, descended from Sue ware and made at Inbe since the late Heian period.draft
- 분청사기Buncheong wareEarly Joseon stoneware: a grey body coated with refined white slip under a pale, green-tinted glaze, made for about two hundred years in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.draft
- 潮州陶瓷
（枫溪）Chaozhou wareCeramics of Chaozhou in eastern Guangdong, centred on Fengxi, which the heritage record calls a ceramic centre from the Song onward.draft - 德化瓷Dehua porcelainWhite porcelain from Dehua county in central Fujian, which the heritage record says rose in the Tang–Song and flourished in the Ming–Qing, when it was a major export.draft
- 定窑瓷Ding wareDing ware is best known for ivory-white porcelain from Quyang in Hebei. Bowls may carry incised or moulded decoration, and some have an unglazed rim with a metal band. Its coloured glazes and historical tea associations require attention to the date and evidence for each object.draft
- 고려청자Goryeo celadonGrey-green glazed ceramics of the Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), fired mostly in kilns on the southwest coast at Gangjin and Buan.draft
- 萩焼Hagi wareStoneware from Hagi and Nagato in Yamaguchi Prefecture, begun by Korean potters whom the Mōri lords brought to Japan in the context of Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea (1592–98) and settled at a domain kiln in Matsumoto, Hagi.draft
- 이천 도자기Icheon ceramicsA modern ceramics centre in Gyeonggi Province, with about 420 workshops according to the city. Its ceramics village grew up after the Yeongdong Expressway opened and was said to make about a third of Korea's ceramics.draft
- 建窑 / 建盏Jian wareDark-glazed stoneware tea bowls from the Jian kilns of Jianyang in northern Fujian.sources cited
- 建水紫陶Jianshui purple potteryUnglazed, polished pottery from Wanyao village in Jianshui county, southern Yunnan. The heritage record dates purple-clay production there to the Daoguang reign of the Qing, with older pottery shown by a Yuan dragon kiln.draft
- 景德镇瓷Jingdezhen porcelainPorcelain from Jingdezhen in northeastern Jiangxi, made since the Five Dynasties, with imperial kilns at Zhushan under the Ming and Qing.draft
- 吉州窑Jizhou wareCeramics from Yonghe town in Ji'an county, Jiangxi, named after Jizhou, the old name of Ji'an.draft
- 조선백자Joseon white porcelainWhite-bodied porcelain under a clear glaze, fired at 1300–1350 °C, and the main court ware of the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910).draft
- 唐津焼Karatsu wareGlazed stoneware from the former Hizen province (western Saga and northern Nagasaki), named after the port of Karatsu through which it was shipped.draft
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清水焼 Kyō ware / Kiyomizu warePottery and porcelain made in Kyoto, designated by METI in 1977 under the joint name Kyō-yaki / Kiyomizu-yaki.draft - 龙泉青瓷Longquan celadonLongquan celadon is a green-glazed ceramic tradition from southwestern Zhejiang. Its bowls and other vessels are known for richly layered glazes. Archaeology distinguishes earlier regional pottery from a distinctive Longquan industry emerging during the Northern Song; its beginnings remain a research question. Shen & Zhou 2022, pp. 103–104draft
- 苗栗陶瓷Miaoli ceramicsMiaoli is a ceramics region in Taiwan whose teaware includes twentieth-century pots and contemporary studio work. Its history involves changing kiln technologies and makers, rather than one uniform clay or style.draft
- 美濃焼Mino warePottery and porcelain from the Tōnō area of southern Gifu (Tajimi, Toki, Mizunami, Kani and nearby), with a history its museum puts at about 1,300 years.draft
- 문경 도자기Mungyeong ceramicsA ceramics area in North Gyeongsang, around Jinan-ri, Gwaneum-ri and Galpyeong-ri, where local clays are plentiful.draft
- 南投陶Nantou potteryPottery from Nantou County in central Taiwan.draft
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坭兴陶 Qinzhou Nixing potteryPottery from Qinzhou in southern Guangxi, made from a blend of clays from the two banks of the Qin River and fired at about 1200 °C. The heritage record dates it to the Tang and says it flourished in the Xianfeng reign of the Qing.draft - 樂焼Raku wareHand-built, low-fired earthenware tea bowls and other tea utensils from Kyoto, begun in the Momoyama period by the potter Chōjirō in connection with the tea master Sen no Rikyū.draft
- 汝窑Ru wareSong-dynasty stoneware with a soft blue-green glaze from the Ru kilns of Henan, ranked first of the five famous Song kilns by the heritage record.draft
- 瀬戸焼Seto wareCeramics of Seto, Aichi, the only one of the Six Ancient Kilns that made glazed ware in the medieval period, often copying imported Chinese wares; its tea caddies made its name.draft
- 信楽焼Shigaraki wareStoneware from Shigaraki in Kōka, Shiga, made since the Kamakura period from coarse clay of the Old Lake Biwa Formation, rich in quartz and feldspar grains.draft
- 臺灣柴燒Taiwanese wood-fired ceramicsTaiwanese chaishao teaware is made through wood firing, which can leave ash deposits and flame markings on the surface. The term describes a firing practice, not a single clay. Contemporary studio work should be distinguished from the longer history of wood-fired pottery in Taiwan.draft
- 常滑焼Tokoname wareStoneware from Tokoname and the Chita Peninsula in Aichi, made since the late Heian period, first as large coil-built jars and later also as tea and sake ware.draft
- 邢窑白瓷Xing wareXing ware is white porcelain made in northern China, especially around Neiqiu and Lincheng in Hebei. In tea history it is often compared with southern Yue celadon. Lu Yu compared its whiteness to silver and snow; this literary preference is distinct from a modern technical classification.draft
- 耀州窑青瓷Yaozhou wareYaozhou ware includes northern Chinese celadons associated with Huangbao in Tongchuan, Shaanxi. Carved and moulded decoration becomes darker where the green glaze pools in recesses. Bowls, stands and ewers belong to its repertoire; a vessel shape alone does not establish that it was used for tea.draft
- 여주 도자기Yeoju ceramicsA ceramics centre in Gyeonggi Province with about 600 kilns around Ogeum-ri and Hyeonam-ri, according to the Encyclopedia of Korean Culture, which also describes the local kaolin as the country's best raw material.draft
- 鶯歌陶瓷Yingge ceramicsCeramics from Yingge in New Taipei City, Taiwan.draft
- 宜兴紫砂Yixing wareAround Dingshu in Yixing, Jiangsu, potters make teapots and other vessels from local zisha clays. Many pieces leave the fired clay visible. Others carry a glaze over the same kind of body.sources cited
- 越窑青瓷Yue wareHigh-fired celadon stoneware and porcellanous ware from northern Zhejiang (centred on Yuyao, Cixi, and Shangyu around Shanglinhu), ranked first among all Tang dynasty tea bowls by Lu Yu's 茶經 (Classic of Tea, c. 760–780).draft
- 磁州窑系Cizhou wareStart where the pale surface stops above a bowl’s foot and a darker body appears below it. That boundary is an entry into Cizhou ware: distinguish the clay body, its surface coating and its glaze before using colour or decoration to identify a kiln.sources cited
- 青白瓷Qingbai wareLook at the edge of a pale bowl: the glossy wall meets a narrow, bare rim, while the foot reveals the body beneath. Qingbai, “bluish white”, is easier to understand through these boundaries than through a colour name alone.sources cited
- 长沙窑Changsha wareLook at the edge of a dark motif: does it lie flat, or rise from the vessel? On a documented Changsha ewer, brown glaze spreads over raised ornament. Separating the clay decoration from its coloured covering is a useful first step toward reading this ware.sources cited