Shiraiwa ware (白岩焼 Shiraiwa-yaki) refers to a type of Japanese pottery that is produced in Shiraiwa, Kakunodate, Akita Prefecture, Japan.[1][2] The tradition began in the 1770s and faded out during the last decade of the 19th century.[3] It was revived, however, during the 1970s and 1980s by a descendant of one of the original Shiraiwa potters and her husband.[4] Their kiln, Wahee-gama, is the only one producing Shiraiwa ware today. Shiraiwa ware is especially known for its characteristic blue glaze. A large blue Shiraiwa ware vase made at Wahee-gama was featured in the 2016 film Godzilla Resurgence.[5]
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edit- ^ Hughes, Philip, Jane Wilkinson, & David Hale. 2012. The Hale Collection of Tohoku Ceramics. Wales, UK: Denbighshire County Council.
- ^ Watanabe, Tamekichi. 1979. Shiraiwa Setoyama (reprint). Tokyo: Maruzen.
- ^ Yanagita, Kunio & Miki Shigeru. 1977. Yuki-guni no Minzoku. Tokyo: Dai-ichi Hoki Publishing Co., p. 203.
- ^ Wood, Donald C. 2018. Reinventing a Lost Edo-period Pottery Tradition in Kakunodate, Akita Prefecture. Kyoto Journal Vol. 91 (https://kyotojournal.org/uncategorized/shiraiwa-yaki-reborn/).
- ^ Sankei Shimbun. (2016, Aug.23). Shin Gojira no shusho wa Akita shusshin: Eiga ni kogeihin ya kanto... Anno sokantoku no kodawari ni kankeisha kyoryoku (https://www.sankei.com/entertainments/news/160823/ent1608230010-n1.html).
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