tokonameyaki　常滑焼

KEY WORD :　art history / crafts

Tokoname ware. A rugged, reddish brown stoneware produced from the 11th century in and around the town of Tokoname in modern Mikawa 三河, Aichi prefecture. Ceramics had been produced at numerous kilns between the Kofun period and the Heian period at southwestern foot of Mt. Sanage 猿投, about 45 km from Tokoname. The various kinds of stoneware, including teacups, plates, pots, bowls and jars, fired in kilns scattered over the whole of the Chita 知多 peninsula from the Heian through the Muromachi periods and are collectively known as Tokoname ware. Large jars for household and ceremonial purposes in particular were made in great quantities. These dark stoneware vessels formed by coiling and pinching ropes of clay, are covered with natural ash glaze deposits on the shoulders. The Tokoname kilns declined during the 16th century, but by the mid Edo period several famous potters moved to the area. In the late 19th century, Tokoname potters started producing unglazed tea ware from a fine-grained iron-rich clay, fired in shades from red to dark brown in an oxidizing atmosphere with slow heating and cooking to avoid cracking caused by sudden changes in temperature.

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