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HIRADO WARE: PRINCE OF JAPANESE PORCELAINS – TAASA Review March 2021

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This article was originally found in the March 2021 edition of TAASA Review (Volume 30, Issue 1, Page 7).

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Daniel McOwan A mong the many kilns producing porcelain in the 17th to 19th century in Japan two are distinguished by being han’yo or Daimyo run kilns.

The best known of these is the Nabeshima kiln, set up in 1675 by the Nabeshima Daimyo and situated in the small town of Okawachi in Hizen Province (now Saga Prefecture) (Jenyns 1965).

Okawachi is a small distance from the considerably better known Arita, the source of Arita or Imari ware, which was also located in Hizen Province...