Kamamoto Rokusei

…Initially a local kiln, Bizen kilns expanded production in the period of the Northern and Southern Courts, replacing the Sueki kilns of western Japan, and included the area west of Kinai in its trade. In the 16th century, the kilns were consolidated into three locations, Minamidai, Nishidai, and Kitadai, and production was centralized. During the Edo period, the kilns were monopolized by the six families of potters: Kaneshige, Kimura, Terami, Tonmiya, Okyo, and Mori. Among the medieval kilns other than Seto and Mino, it is known from tea ceremony records from the 16th century that, along with Shigaraki, Bizen was the first to produce wabichiya tea ware. Among the surviving kilns, the famous Mizusashi (water jar) (Seikai) owned by Jōō (Tokugawa Art Museum) and the Mizusashi (habaoke) owned by Rikyu (handed down by the Maeda family) are famous. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Six Pottery Families" is listed below.

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…当初，地方窯であった備前窯は南北朝時代から西日本の須恵器窯に代わって生産を拡大し，畿内以西をその商圏に収めた。16世紀代には南大窯，西大窯，北大窯の3ヵ所に窯を統合させて生産の集約化をはかっており，江戸時代にかけて金重，木村，寺見，頓宮，大饗，森の窯元六姓によって窯株が独占された。瀬戸，美濃を除く他の中世窯では，信楽（しがらき）とともにもっとも早く侘茶（わびちや）の茶陶を焼いたことが16世紀代の茶会記などによって知られ，現存品では紹鷗所持の水指（みずさし）〈せいかい〉(徳川美術館)，利休所持の水指〈破桶〉(前田家伝来)などが有名である。…

※「窯元六姓」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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