Koisago pottery 小砂焼

Koisago ware is pottery made in Koisago, Nakagawa town, Tochigi Prefecture. Koisago has a long history of making pottery. Ruins of kilns that were used to bake Sue ware in the Heian period were discovered. In 1830, Tokugawa Nariaki, the 9th feudal lord of the Mito Domain, discovered potter’s clay in Koisago, and used it as the base material at the Mito Domain’s Pottery Barn. It is said that they became famous when they started using this clay as their base material. After that, Koisago ware was launched as an official Seto ware in 1851.They had a temporary momentum at