Around 1670, an apprentice of Nonomura Ninsei opened a kiln at an old kiln site around Seikanji Temple in Higashiyama Ward in Kyoto City. There are various theories that in the Hotoku era (1449-1452) Otowaya Kuroemon opened a kiln, and in the Genna era (1615-24) a kiln was opened by a Buddhist minister of rites at Seikanji Temple etc., but there is nothing definitive about such things as the time of origin and manufacturers, and it is one type of pottery where little is known.
Currently, Kyo-ware artist Sugita Shohei develops excellent tea bowls in the style of Ninsei’s color painting, at a Seikanji Temple kiln.
