Echizen

Echizen

Echizen Ware: Characteristics Echizen ware refers to pottery manufactured in Echizen area, Nyu-gun in Fukui prefecture, mainly in Miyazaki and Oda districts. Echizen clay is of rich iron content, possesses high fire resistance and is good for unglazed stoneware fired…

Echizen – History

Echizen, one of Japan’s Six Old Kilns originates in late Heian period (794-1192). People had already manufactured Sue ware since Nara period (710-794). In accordance with growth of agriculture, people needed more pottery, and then they built the very first…