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Tenku no Kamago (Koishiwara/Takatori kiln group)

Koishiwara, Koishiwara, Fukuoka

What Tenku no Kamago (Koishiwara/Takatori kiln group) is known for

A group of Koishiwara and Takatori kilns making wood-fired tableware, mortars, cocottes and tea ceremony wares using the kicking potter's wheel, slipware and tobikanna carved patterns; one kiln in the group, Yanase, was founded 350 years ago, and Takatori-Yaki Soke is a 400-year-old kiln.

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