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2016.06.04

The Appeal of Ceramics Starting with Karatsu Ware ④ Onward to Karatsu

Continuing on from “The Appeal of Ceramics Starting with Karatsu Ware ③ Kohiki Karatsu, Mishima Karatsu, Madara Karatsu”
There is Ki (yellow) Karatsu and many, many other types of Karatsu ware with many, many other characteristics, so I suggest you
walk around, look around, and take them into your hands.
Start by holding one you particularly like, then finding out what type it is.

 

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A tea bowl kiln. Formerly used by the Karatsu clan to fire tea bowls bestowed upon nobility.

 

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Pottery studio of the legendary Tarouemon Nakazato Karatsu ware lineage. In the gallery are displayed pieces by 12th generation Nakazato Taroemon (Muau Nakazato), designated a National Living Treasure in 1976.

 

Karatsu station is just over an hour by train from Hakata station and Fukuoka airport.
There are a multitude of maps for touring pottery studios.
Please have a look at this website:
http://www.karatsu-kankou.jp/guide/karatsu/

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