Akahada-yaki

Pottery made in Gojo-cho, Nara City. The name Akahada ware comes from Mount Gojo's other name, Akahadayama, and is also called Gojo ware. It is one of the Seven Enshu Kilns. The Nishikyo Hills area of ​​Nara City has been a thriving area for pottery since ancient times, producing roof tiles for Heian-kyo, red and white earthenware seat pottery and braziers for Kasuga Jinnin in the Middle Ages, and earthenware braziers (Nara braziers) since the beginning of the tea ceremony. Akahada ware first emerged in this area as a private kiln during the Tenmei era (1781-1789), and around 1796 (Kansei 8), the lord of Yamato Koriyama Domain, Yanagisawa Gyozan, summoned the potters Inosuke and Jihei from Kyoto to open a kiln at Akahadayama in Gojo Village as an official kiln, and later reverted to being a private kiln. During the Tenpo era (1830-1844), the master craftsman Okuda Mokuhaku of Koriyama adopted the Kyo-yaki style and developed it further. Akahada ware has a reddish milky white base, and there are many excellent pieces for Noh dolls and Nara-e colored pottery.

[Yoshiaki Yabe]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

奈良市五条町で焼かれた焼物。赤膚焼の名は、五条山の別名赤膚山に由来し、五条焼ともいう。遠州七窯(えんしゅうなながま)の一つ。奈良市西京丘陵地帯は古来焼物の盛んな地で、平安京の瓦(かわら)をはじめ、中世では春日神人(かすがじにん)の赤白土器座の土器、火鉢、また茶の湯創始以降は土風炉(どぶろ)（奈良風炉）の製作などがなされていた。赤膚焼はこうした地に、初め天明(てんめい)年間（1781～1789）に民窯(みんよう)として興り、1796年（寛政8）ごろに大和郡山(やまとこおりやま)藩主柳沢堯山(ぎょうざん)が京都から召した陶工伊之助、治兵衛に五条村赤膚山に開窯させ御用窯とし、のちふたたび民窯に戻った。天保(てんぽう)年間（1830～1844）に郡山の名工奥田木白(もくはく)が京焼の作風を取り入れ発展させた。赤膚焼は赤みがかった乳白色の素地をもち、能人形、奈良絵の色絵陶に優れた作品が多い。

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