Hoshino ware is pottery made in Hoshino Village, Yame City, Fukuoka Prefecture. Since Yame tea is produced in that area, Hoshino ware created many fine tea jars and tea utensils in the Edo period as the official kiln of the Kurume Domain.
They made reddish-brown “Sunset ware” using local mud that had high iron content.
However, sticky mud that has high iron content is a difficult substance to manipulate, and especially requires high expertise to deal with. Due to this, the kiln shut down in 1894, and faded away for a time. However, in 1969, Yamamoto Genta restored Hoshino ware, and Maruta Shuichi and Yamamoto Takudo opened the kiln.
