What is the secret of Tokoname ware Kyusu Japanese teapot, which boasts the largest share in Japan?
What is Tokoname ware Kyusu Japanese teapot? Tokoname ware is a pottery that has been made for a long time mainly in Tokoname City, Aichi Prefecture.It has a long history, and in the latter half of the Heian period, as many as 3,000 hole kilns, vases and mountain plates were burned.The ones in the latter half of the Heian period are called “Kotokoname” and are one of the “6 old kilns in Japan” along with Seto, Shigaraki and Echizen.In the Edo period, burnt pottery and Shudei tea ware were made in clay pipes, and in the Meiji era, mechanization progressed by Western European technology, and products such as shochu bottles, […]