List of Japanese ceramics sites

The list of Japanese ceramics sites (日本にっぽんの陶磁器とうじき産地さんち一覧いちらん, Nihon no tōjiki sanchi ichiran) consists of historical and existing pottery kilns in Japan and the Japanese pottery and porcelain ware they primarily produced.

The list contains kilns of the post-Heian period. Not listed are ancient earthenware pottery such as Jōmon pottery, Yayoi pottery, Haji pottery, Sue pottery, Kamui ware, etc. which are general topics whose origins and production cannot be linked to just one specific kiln. Shimamono are objects that were imported from southeast Asia, but later produced locally as well. Mishima pottery despite its name is of Korean origin.

Some of the existing kilns and the main ceramic wares have been designated by the government Agency for Cultural Affairs as an Intangible Cultural Property as regulated by the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties (1950). In addition the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has designated others as "traditional handicraft workshops". The criteria set by the ministry to be recognised as a "traditional craft" (伝統でんとう的てき工芸こうげい品ひん, Den tōtekikōgeihin) are regulated by Law No. 57 on the Promotion of Traditional Craft Industries (1974), also known as the Densan Law (伝つて産さん法ほう):

1. It is primarily a craft for everyday life usage
2. The manufacturing process has to be largely done manually
3. Has a history of over 100 years, with production continuing to use traditional technologies and techniques
4. The type of main raw material has remained the same for over 100 years.
5. Artisans producing the craft have to have a certain degree of scale to be counted as a regional industry

Amongst the list are also the so-called Enshū's Seven Kilns (遠とお州しゅう七なな窯かま, Enshū nana gama) attributed to Kobori Enshū during the Edo period, as well as the Six Ancient Kilns (六ろく古こ窯かま, Rokkoyō) by Fujiyo Koyama during the Shōwa era.

The listing follows a geographical arrangement from north to southern Japan. It is divided by regions, then prefectures, then within the prefectures in alphabetical order. Those designated by the government are in bold letters, those listed under Enshū are marked with a 7 and those by Koyama with a 6 sign in brackets.

Hokkaidō

• Kita Arashiyama (北きたの嵐山あらしやま)
• Kobushi-yaki (こぶ志こころざし焼しょう)
• Otaru-yaki (小樽おたる焼しょう)
• Tōraku-yaki

Tōhoku

Aomori

• Hachinohe-yaki (八戸はちのへ焼しょう)
• Tsugaru-yaki (津軽つがる焼しょう)

Akita

• Naraoka-yaki (楢なら岡焼おかやき)
• Shiraiwa-yaki (白岩しらいわ焼しょう)

Fukushima

• Aizuhongō-yaki (会津本郷あいづほんごう焼しょう)
• Aizukeizan-yaki (会津あいづ慶けい山焼やまやき)
• Nihonmatsubanko-yaki (二本松にほんまつ萬古ばんこ焼しょう)
• Ōborisōma-yaki (大堀おおほり相馬そうま焼しょう)
• Sōmakoma-yaki (相馬そうま駒こま焼しょう)
• Tajimabanko-yaki (田島たじま萬古ばんこ焼しょう)

Iwate

• Dai-yaki (台たい焼しょう)
• Fujisawa-yaki (藤沢ふじさわ焼しょう)
• Kajichō-yaki (鍛冶たんや丁ひのと焼しょう)
• Kokuji-yaki (小久慈こくじ焼しょう)

Miyagi

• Daigamori-yaki (台たいヶ森もり焼しょう)
• Kirigome-yaki (切込きりこみ焼しょう)
• Tsutsumi-yaki (堤つつみ焼しょう)

Yamagata

• Goten-yaki (碁点ごてん焼しょう)
• Hirashimizu-yaki (平ひら清水焼きよみずやき)
• Kami no hata-yaki (上うえの畑はたけ焼しょう)
• Narushima-yaki (成島なりしま焼しょう)
• Shinjō Higashiyama-yaki (新庄東しんじょうひがし山焼やまやき)

Kantō

Gunma

• Jijōji-yaki (自性じしょう寺てら焼しょう)
• Shibutami-yaki (渋民しぶたみ焼しょう)
• Tsukiyono-yaki (月夜野つきよの焼しょう)

Ibaraki

• Kasama-yaki (笠間かさま焼しょう)

Saitama

• Hannō-yaki (飯能はんのう焼しょう)

Tochigi

• Koisago-yaki (小砂こいさご焼しょう)
• Mashiko-yaki (益子ましこ焼しょう)
• Mikamo-yaki (三さん毳むくげ焼しょう)

Tokyō

• Imado-yaki (今戸いまど焼しょう)

Chūbu

Aichi

• Akazu-yaki (赤津あかつ焼しょう)
• Hōraku-yaki (豊楽ほうらく焼しょう)
• Inuyama-yaki (犬いぬ山焼やまやき)
• Seto-yaki (瀬戸焼せとやき) (6)
  • Ofukei-yaki (御ご深井ふかい焼しょう)
• Tokoname-yaki (常滑とこなめ焼しょう) (6)

Fukui

• Echizen-yaki (越前えちぜん焼しょう) (6)

Gifu

• Koito-yaki (小糸こいと焼しょう)
• Mino-yaki (美濃みの焼しょう)
  • Oribe-yaki (織部おりべ焼しょう)
  • Shino-yaki (志野しの焼しょう)
• Shibukusa-yaki (渋草しぶくさ焼しょう)
• Yamada-yaki (山田やまだ焼しょう)

Ishikawa

• Kutani-yaki (九谷焼くたにやき)
• Ōhi-yaki (大樋おおひ焼しょう)
• Suzu-yaki (珠洲すず焼しょう)

Nagano

• Matsushiro-yaki (松代まつだい焼しょう)
• Obayashi-yaki (尾林おばやし焼しょう)
• Takatō-yaki (高遠こうえん焼しょう)
• Tenryūkyō-yaki (天竜峡てんりゅうきょう焼しょう)

Niigata

• Anchi-yaki (庵地いおち焼しょう)
• Muramatsu-yaki (村松むらまつ焼しょう)
• Mumyōi-yaki (無名むめい異い焼やき)

Shizuoka

• Moriyama-yaki (森もり山焼やまやき)
• Shitoro-yaki (志戸呂しとろ焼しょう) (7)
• Shizuhata-yaki (賤機焼しょう)

Toyama

• Etchū Maruyama-yaki (越こし中丸なかまる山焼やまやき)
• Etchū Seto-yaki (越中えっちゅう瀬戸焼せとやき)
• Kosugi-yaki (小杉こすぎ焼しょう)
• Sansuke-yaki (三助さんすけ焼しょう)

Yamanashi

• Nōketsu-yaki (能のう穴あな焼しょう)

Kansai

Hyōgo

• Awaji ware (淡路あわじ焼しょう), also known as Minpei or Mimpei ware
• Akōunka-yaki (赤穂あこう雲くも火焼ひたき)
• Izushi-yaki (出石いずし焼しょう)
• Minpei-yaki (珉平焼しょう)
• Tanba Tachikui-yaki (丹に波立はったち杭くい焼しょう) (6)

Kyōto

• Asahi-yaki (朝あさ日焼ひやけ) (7)
• Kiyomizu-yaki (清水焼きよみずやき)
• Kyō-yaki (京きょう焼しょう)
• Raku-yaki (楽焼らくやき)

Mie

• Akogi-yaki (阿漕あこぎ焼しょう)
• Banko-yaki (萬古ばんこ焼しょう)
• Iga-yaki (伊賀いが焼しょう)
• Mihama-yaki (御ご浜焼はまやき)

Nara

• Akahada-yaki (赤膚あかはだ焼しょう) (7)

Ōsaka

• Kikkō-yaki (吉向よしむかい焼しょう)
• Kosobe-yaki (古こ曾部) (7)

Shiga

• Hatta-yaki (八田はった焼しょう)
• Konan-yaki (湖南こなん焼しょう)
• Kotō-yaki (湖東ことう焼しょう)
• Shigaraki-yaki (信楽焼しがらきやき) (6)
• Zeze-yaki (膳所ぜぜ焼しょう) (7)

Wakayama

• Zuishi-yaki (瑞みず芝しば焼しょう)

Chūgoku

Hiroshima

• Himetani-yaki (姫ひめ谷たに焼しょう)
• Miyajima-yaki (宮島みやじま焼しょう)

Okayama

• Bizen-yaki (備前焼びぜんやき) (6)
• Hashima-yaki (羽島はしま焼しょう)
• Mushiake-yaki (虫明むしあけ焼しょう)
• Sakazu-yaki (酒津さかづ焼しょう)

Shimane

• Banshōzan-yaki (萬ばん祥さち山焼やまやき)
• Fujina-yaki (布志名ふじな焼しょう)
• Hachiman-yaki (八幡やはた焼しょう)
• Iwami-yaki (石見いわみ焼しょう)
• Mijiro-yaki (御代みよ焼しょう)
• Mori-yaki (母里もり焼しょう)
• Sodeshi-yaki (袖師そでし焼しょう)
• Shussai-yaki (出西しゅつさい焼しょう)
• Yunotsu-yaki (温泉津ゆのつ焼しょう)

Tottori

• Inkyūzan-yaki (因よし久山くやま焼しょう)
• Hosshōji-yaki (法勝寺ほっしょうじ焼しょう)
• Kazuwa-yaki (上神かずわ焼しょう)
• Uradome-yaki (浦富うらどめ焼しょう)
• Ushino-yaki (牛うしノ戸と焼しょう)

Yamaguchi

• Hagi-yaki (萩はぎ焼しょう)
• Seiri-yaki (星ほし里さと焼しょう)
• Sueda-yaki (末田すえだ焼しょう)

Shikoku

Ehime

• Rakuzan-yaki (楽らく山焼やまやき)
• Suigetsu-yaki (水月すいげつ焼しょう)
• Tobe-yaki (砥部とべ焼しょう)

Kagawa

• Kamikage-yaki (神かみ懸かか焼やき)
• Okamoto-yaki (岡本おかもと焼しょう)
• Rihei-yaki (理平りへい焼しょう)

Kōchi

• Nōsayama-yaki (能のう茶山ちゃやま焼しょう)
• Odo-yaki (尾お戸と焼しょう)
• Uraharano-yaki (内うち原野げんや焼しょう)

Tokushima

• Ōtani-yaki (大谷おおや焼しょう)

Kyūshū

Fukuoka

• Agano-yaki (上野うえの焼しょう) (7)
• Futagawa-yaki (二川ふたかわ焼しょう)
• Kamachi-yaki (蒲池かまち焼しょう)
• Koishiwara-yaki (小石原こいしわら焼しょう)
• Takatori-yaki (高取たかとり焼しょう) (7)

Kagoshima

• Satsuma-yaki (薩摩焼さつまやき)
• Ryūmonji-yaki (龍りゅう門司もじ焼しょう)
• Tanegashima-yaki (種子島たねがしま焼しょう)

Kumamoto

• Amakusa tōjiki (天草あまくさ陶磁器とうじき)
• Kodai-yaki (高田たかだ焼しょう)
• Shōdai-yaki (小代こしろ焼しょう)

Miyazaki

• Komatsubara-yaki (小松原こまつばら焼しょう)
• Tojō-yaki (都城みやこのじょう焼しょう)

Nagasaki

• Hasami-yaki (波佐見はさみ焼しょう)
• Mikawachi-yaki (三川内みかわうち焼しょう)
• Nagayo-yaki (長与ながよ焼しょう)
• Utsutsugawa-yaki (現川うつつがわ焼しょう)

Oita

• Onta-yaki (小しょう鹿田かつた焼しょう)

Saga

• Arita-yaki (有田焼ありたやき)
• Imari-yaki (伊万里焼いまりやき)
• Hizen Yoshida-yaki (肥前ひぜん吉田よしだ焼しょう)
• Hizen Ozaki-yaki (肥前ひぜん尾崎おざき焼しょう)
• Karatsu-yaki (唐津焼からつやき)
• Shiraishi-yaki (白石しらいし焼しょう)

Ryukyu Islands

• Ryūkyū-yaki (琉球りゅうきゅう焼しょう)
• Tsuboya-yaki (壺屋つぼや焼しょう)

Further reading

• Anneliese Crueger; Wulf Crueger (2012), Wege zur japanischen Keramik (in German) (2. ed.), Tübingen, Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth Verlag, ISBN 978-3-8030-3359-8