A pottery of Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture. It is a type of Akashi ware.
It is said that Tezuka Magoichiro, an Akashi magistrate at that time, invited Yamazaki Kikutaro to fire this pottery.
It was most popular in the mid-Edo period (17c) and continued until the Meiji period (19c).
Famous potters of Asagiri ware include Toda Yoshitaro and Seitaro Akimine.
