Akai Tozen - Akai Tozen

...Early modern Tokoname ware was mainly made up of everyday utensils called shinyaki and akamono, but in the late Edo period, multi-chambered climbing kilns were introduced, and shinyaki came to be fired in climbing kilns and akamono in large kilns. Meanwhile, during the Tenmei period (1781-89), Tokoname Genkosai emerged, opening up the world of tea ware, and towards the end of the Edo period, master craftsmen such as Uemura Hakuo, Akai Tozen, and Ina Chozo appeared, demonstrating their skills in pottery carving, raku ware, white clay, and mogake glaze. In the Meiji period, red clay ware, as represented by Sugie Jumon, emerged, opening up a new field of Tokoname ware. ...

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…近世の常滑焼は真焼，赤物と呼ばれる日常雑器を主としているが，江戸後期に連房式登窯が導入されて，真焼は登窯で，赤物は大窯で焼かれるようになった。一方，天明年間(1781‐89)に常滑元功斎が出て茶陶の世界が開け，幕末にかけて上村白鷗，赤井陶然，伊奈長三らの名工が輩出して，陶彫，楽焼，白泥，藻がけ釉などに腕をふるった。明治に入ると杉江寿門に代表される朱泥物が勃興して，常滑焼の新分野が開けた。…

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