Akashi pottery 明石焼 – Dictionary of Japanese Potters

Akashi ware is pottery and porcelain mainly made in Akashi City, Hyogo Prefecture. Somewhere between 1615–1624, the official kiln of Ogasawara Tadamasa, the lord of the Akashi Castle, was established. Toda Oribenosuke made pottery in this kiln. After that, the kiln was moved to Nakataniyama, Akashi. This is said to be the origin of Akashi ware.As the official kiln of the Akashi Domain, they have been making a lot of colored plates and bowls, which were greatly inspired by Mishima ware and colored pottery styles, such as old Kiyomizu and Kyo ware styles, since the mid-Edo period.They were at the

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