Satsuma pottery 薩摩焼 – Dictionary of Japanese Potters

The history of Satsuma Ware during the Bunroku and Keichou Eras (1529-1598) began during the famous “Imjin War (1592-1597)” called as Ceramic War, when Simazu Yoshihiro, the seventeenth head of the Satsuma Han, kidnapped more than 80 Korean potters and brought them back to Japan. Potters, including Boku Heii and Kin Kai, who arrived in the towns, Kushikino and Ichiki, started kilns within the Han domain. Each kiln produced a different style of pottery dictated by the environmental conditions of the location and the style of the potters, making a large variety available. Later, there were 5 varieties of kilns:

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