List of Japanese ceramics sites

The list of Japanese ceramics sites (日本の陶磁器産地一覧, Nihon no tōjiki sanchi ichiran) 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 "traditional craft" (伝統的工芸品, Den tōtekikōgeihin) are regulated by Law No. 57 on the Promotion of Traditional Craft Industries (1974), also known as the Densan Law (伝産法):^[1]

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 Enshū's Seven Kilns (遠州七窯, Enshū nana gama) attributed to Kobori Enshū during the Edo period, as well as the Six Ancient Kilns (六古窯, Rokkoyō) 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 (北の嵐山)
Kobushi-yaki (こぶ志焼)
Otaru-yaki (小樽焼)
Tōraku-yaki

Tōhoku

Aomori

Hachinohe-yaki (八戸焼)
Tsugaru-yaki (津軽焼)

Akita

Naraoka-yaki (楢岡焼)
Shiraiwa-yaki (白岩焼)

Fukushima

Aizuhongō-yaki (会津本郷焼)
Aizukeizan-yaki (会津慶山焼)
Nihonmatsubanko-yaki (二本松萬古焼)
Ōborisōma-yaki (大堀相馬焼)
Sōmakoma-yaki (相馬駒焼)
Tajimabanko-yaki (田島萬古焼)

Iwate

Dai-yaki (台焼)
Fujisawa-yaki (藤沢焼)
Kajichō-yaki (鍛冶丁焼)
Kokuji-yaki (小久慈焼)

Miyagi

Daigamori-yaki (台ヶ森焼)
Kirigome-yaki (切込焼)
Tsutsumi-yaki (堤焼)

Yamagata

Goten-yaki (碁点焼)
Hirashimizu-yaki (平清水焼)
Kami no hata-yaki (上の畑焼)
Narushima-yaki (成島焼)
Shinjō Higashiyama-yaki (新庄東山焼)

Kantō

Gunma

Jijōji-yaki (自性寺焼)
Shibutami-yaki (渋民焼)
Tsukiyono-yaki (月夜野焼)

Ibaraki

Kasama-yaki (笠間焼)

Saitama

Hannō-yaki (飯能焼)

Tochigi

Koisago-yaki (小砂焼)
Mashiko-yaki (益子焼)
Mikamo-yaki (三毳焼)

Tokyō

Imado-yaki (今戸焼)

Chūbu

Aichi

Akazu-yaki (赤津焼)
Hōraku-yaki (豊楽焼)
Inuyama-yaki (犬山焼)
Seto-yaki (瀬戸焼) (6)
- Ofukei-yaki (御深井焼)
Tokoname-yaki (常滑焼) (6)

Fukui

Echizen-yaki (越前焼) (6)

Gifu

Koito-yaki (小糸焼)
Mino-yaki (美濃焼)
- Oribe-yaki (織部焼)
- Shino-yaki (志野焼)
Shibukusa-yaki (渋草焼)
Yamada-yaki (山田焼)

Ishikawa

Kutani-yaki (九谷焼)
Ōhi-yaki (大樋焼)
Suzu-yaki (珠洲焼)

Nagano

Matsushiro-yaki (松代焼)
Obayashi-yaki (尾林焼)
Takatō-yaki (高遠焼)
Tenryūkyō-yaki (天竜峡焼)

Niigata

Anchi-yaki (庵地焼)
Muramatsu-yaki (村松焼)
Mumyōi-yaki (無名異焼)

Shizuoka

Moriyama-yaki (森山焼)
Shitoro-yaki (志戸呂焼) (7)
Shizuhata-yaki (賤機焼)

Toyama

Etchū Maruyama-yaki (越中丸山焼)
Etchū Seto-yaki (越中瀬戸焼)
Kosugi-yaki (小杉焼)
Sansuke-yaki (三助焼)

Yamanashi

Nōketsu-yaki (能穴焼)

Kansai

Hyōgo

Awaji ware (淡路焼), also known as Minpei or Mimpei ware
Akōunka-yaki (赤穂雲火焼)
Izushi-yaki (出石焼)
Minpei-yaki (珉平焼)
Tanba Tachikui-yaki (丹波立杭焼) (6)

Kyōto

Asahi-yaki (朝日焼) (7)
Kiyomizu-yaki (清水焼)
Kyō-yaki (京焼)
Raku-yaki (楽焼)

Mie

Akogi-yaki (阿漕焼)
Banko-yaki (萬古焼)
Iga-yaki (伊賀焼)
Mihama-yaki (御浜焼)

Nara

Akahada-yaki (赤膚焼) (7)

Ōsaka

Kikkō-yaki (吉向焼)
Kosobe-yaki (古曾部) (7)

Shiga

Hatta-yaki (八田焼)
Konan-yaki (湖南焼)
Kotō-yaki (湖東焼)
Shigaraki-yaki (信楽焼) (6)
Zeze-yaki (膳所焼) (7)

Wakayama

Zuishi-yaki (瑞芝焼)

Chūgoku

Hiroshima

Himetani-yaki (姫谷焼)
Miyajima-yaki (宮島焼)

Okayama

Bizen-yaki (備前焼) (6)
Hashima-yaki (羽島焼)
Mushiake-yaki (虫明焼)
Sakazu-yaki (酒津焼)

Shimane

Banshōzan-yaki (萬祥山焼)
Fujina-yaki (布志名焼)
Hachiman-yaki (八幡焼)
Iwami-yaki (石見焼)
Mijiro-yaki (御代焼)
Mori-yaki (母里焼)
Sodeshi-yaki (袖師焼)
Shussai-yaki (出西焼)
Yunotsu-yaki (温泉津焼)

Tottori

Inkyūzan-yaki (因久山焼)
Hosshōji-yaki (法勝寺焼)
Kazuwa-yaki (上神焼)
Uradome-yaki (浦富焼)
Ushino-yaki (牛ノ戸焼)

Yamaguchi

Hagi-yaki (萩焼)
Seiri-yaki (星里焼)
Sueda-yaki (末田焼)

Shikoku

Ehime

Rakuzan-yaki (楽山焼)
Suigetsu-yaki (水月焼)
Tobe-yaki (砥部焼)

Kagawa

Kamikage-yaki (神懸焼)
Okamoto-yaki (岡本焼)
Rihei-yaki (理平焼)

Kōchi

Nōsayama-yaki (能茶山焼)
Odo-yaki (尾戸焼)
Uraharano-yaki (内原野焼)

Tokushima

Ōtani-yaki (大谷焼)

Kyūshū

Fukuoka

Agano-yaki (上野焼) (7)
Futagawa-yaki (二川焼)
Kamachi-yaki (蒲池焼)
Koishiwara-yaki (小石原焼)
Takatori-yaki (高取焼) (7)

Kagoshima

Satsuma-yaki (薩摩焼)
Ryūmonji-yaki (龍門司焼)
Tanegashima-yaki (種子島焼)

Kumamoto

Amakusa tōjiki (天草陶磁器)
Kodai-yaki (高田焼)
Shōdai-yaki (小代焼)

Miyazaki

Komatsubara-yaki (小松原焼)
Tojō-yaki (都城焼)

Nagasaki

Hasami-yaki (波佐見焼)
Mikawachi-yaki (三川内焼)
Nagayo-yaki (長与焼)
Utsutsugawa-yaki (現川焼)

Oita

Onta-yaki (小鹿田焼)

Saga

Arita-yaki (有田焼)
Imari-yaki (伊万里焼)
Hizen Yoshida-yaki (肥前吉田焼)
Hizen Ozaki-yaki (肥前尾崎焼)
Karatsu-yaki (唐津焼)
Shiraishi-yaki (白石焼)

Ryukyu Islands

Ryūkyū-yaki (琉球焼)
Tsuboya-yaki (壺屋焼)

References

^ "日用品・伝統的工芸品（METI/経済産業省）". meti.go.jp. Retrieved 12 April 2017.