The consists of historical and existing pottery kilns in Japan and the Japanese pottery and porcelain ware they primarily produced.
The list contains kilns of the post-Heian period. Not listed are ancient earthenware pottery such as Jōmon pottery, Yayoi pottery, Haji pottery, Sue pottery, Kamui ware, etc. which are general topics whose origins and production cannot be linked to just one specific kiln. Shimamono are objects that were imported from southeast Asia, but later produced locally as well. Mishima pottery despite its name is of Korean origin.
Some of the existing kilns and the main ceramic wares have been designated by the government Agency for Cultural Affairs as an Intangible Cultural Property as regulated by the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties (1950). In addition the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has designated others as "traditional handicraft workshops". The criteria set by the ministry to be recognised as a are regulated by Law No. 57 on the Promotion of Traditional Craft Industries (1974), also known as the : It is primarily a craft for everyday life usage The manufacturing process has to be largely done manually Has a history of over 100 years, with production continuing to use traditional technologies and techniques The type of main raw material has remained the same for over 100 years. Artisans producing the craft have to have a certain degree of scale to be counted as a regional industry
Amongst the list are also the so-called attributed to Kobori Enshū during the Edo period, as well as the by Fujiyo Koyama during the Shōwa era.
The listing follows a geographical arrangement from north to southern Japan. It is divided by regions, then prefectures, then within the prefectures in alphabetical order. Those designated by the government are in bold letters, those listed under Enshū are marked with a 7 and those by Koyama with a 6 sign in brackets.
Hokkaidō Kita Arashiyama () Kobushi-yaki () Otaru-yaki () Sapporo-yaki ()
Tōhoku
Aomori Hachinohe-yaki () Tsugaru-yaki ()
Akita Naraoka-yaki () Shiraiwa-yaki ()
Fukushima Aizuhongō-yaki () Aizukeizan-yaki () Nihonmatsubanko-yaki () Ōborisōma-yaki () Sōmakoma-yaki () Tajimabanko-yaki ()
Iwate Dai-yaki () Fujisawa-yaki () Kajichō-yaki () Kokuji-yaki ()
Miyagi Daigamori-yaki () Kirigome-yaki () Tsutsumi-yaki ()
Yamagata Goten-yaki () Hirashimizu-yaki () Kami no hata-yaki () Narushima-yaki () Shinjō Higashiyama-yaki ()
Kantō
Gunma Jijōji-yaki () Shibutami-yaki () Tsukiyono-yaki ()
Ibaraki Kasama-yaki ()
Saitama Hannō-yaki ()
Tochigi Koisago-yaki () Mashiko-yaki () Mikamo-yaki ()
Tokyō Imado-yaki ()
Chūbu
Aichi Akazu-yaki () Hōraku-yaki () Inuyama-yaki () Seto-yaki () (6) Ofukei-yaki () Tokoname-yaki () (6)
Fukui Echizen-yaki () (6)
Gifu Koito-yaki () Mino-yaki () Oribe-yaki () Shino-yaki () Shibukusa-yaki () Yamada-yaki ()
Ishikawa Kutani-yaki () Ōhi-yaki () Suzu-yaki ()
Nagano Matsushiro-yaki () Obayashi-yaki () Takatō-yaki () Tenryūkyō-yaki ()
Niigata Anchi-yaki () Muramatsu-yaki () Mumyōi-yaki ()
Shizuoka Moriyama-yaki () Shitoro-yaki () (7) Shizuhata-yaki ()
Toyama Etchū Maruyama-yaki () Etchū Seto-yaki () Kosugi-yaki () Sansuke-yaki ()
Yamanashi Nōketsu-yaki ()
Kansai
Hyōgo Awaji ware (), also known as Minpei or Mimpei ware Akōunka-yaki () Izushi-yaki () Minpei-yaki () Tanba Tachikui-yaki () (6)
Kyōto Asahi-yaki () (7) Kiyomizu-yaki () Kyō-yaki () Raku-yaki ()
Mie Akogi-yaki () Banko-yaki () Iga-yaki () Mihama-yaki ()
Nara Akahada-yaki () (7)
Ōsaka Kikkō-yaki () Kosobe-yaki () (7)
Shiga Hatta-yaki () Konan-yaki () Kotō-yaki () Shigaraki-yaki () (6) Zeze-yaki () (7)
Wakayama Zuishi-yaki ()
Chūgoku
Hiroshima Himetani-yaki () Miyajima-yaki ()
Okayama Bizen-yaki () (6) Hashima-yaki () Mushiake-yaki () Sakazu-yaki ()
Shimane Banshōzan-yaki () Fujina-yaki () Hachiman-yaki () Iwami-yaki () Mijiro-yaki () Mori-yaki () Sodeshi-yaki () Shussai-yaki () Yunotsu-yaki ()
Tottori Inkyūzan-yaki () Hosshōji-yaki () Kazuwa-yaki () Uradome-yaki () Ushino-yaki ()
Yamaguchi Hagi-yaki () Seiri-yaki () Sueda-yaki ()
Shikoku
Ehime Rakuzan-yaki () Suigetsu-yaki () Tobe-yaki ()
Kagawa Kamikage-yaki () Okamoto-yaki () Rihei-yaki ()
Kōchi Nōsayama-yaki () Odo-yaki () Uraharano-yaki ()
Tokushima Ōtani-yaki ()
Kyūshū
Fukuoka Agano-yaki () (7) Futagawa-yaki () Kamachi-yaki () Koishiwara-yaki () Takatori-yaki () (7) Ichinose-yaki ()
Kagoshima Satsuma-yaki () Ryūmonji-yaki () Tanegashima-yaki ()
Kumamoto Amakusa tōjiki () Koda-yaki () Shōdai-yaki ()
Miyazaki Komatsubara-yaki () Tojō-yaki ()
Nagasaki Hasami-yaki () Mikawachi-yaki () Nagayo-yaki () Utsutsugawa-yaki ()
Oita Onta-yaki ()
Saga Arita-yaki () Imari-yaki () Hizen Yoshida-yaki () Hizen Ozaki-yaki () Karatsu-yaki () Shiraishi-yaki ()
Ryukyu Islands Ryūkyū-yaki () Tsuboya-yaki () Ishigaki-yaki ()
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