Soen pottery 桑園焼

Soen ware refers to earthenware created by Ono Minjiro, who was a wealthy man from Nagao, Tamashima, Kurashiki in Bitchu Province and used the name of Soen, as a hobby during the Bunsei and Tenpo eras in the late-Edo period. It is also referred to as Nagao ware from its location.His tea sets of the Raku ware and blue and white pottery styles are also seen, but his copies of Chinese pottery are especially magnificent. ■View Ceramic Works■