Kiyomizu pottery 清水焼

Kiyomizu pottery is one of Kyoto’s representative traditional crafts, and was originally used to refer to the pottery produced in the Kiyomizu-zaka area leading to Kiyomizu-dera Temple.Today, the term “Kiyomizu pottery” is used to refer to the pottery produced in the Kiyomizu pottery complex in Higashiyama and Yamashina wards of Kyoto City, and Sumiyama in Uji City.There are other types of pottery in Kyoto such as Raku pottery, Awataguchi pottery, Yasaka pottery, Otowa pottery, and Mizoro pottery, and the term “Kyo ware” was used to refer to all of them.In the eary Edo priod, famous potter Nonomura Ninse appeared. His