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Soma Koma Ware

Fukushima · Soma · Art & Crafts

Japanese name: 相馬駒焼

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WHAT TO DOSoma Koma Ware

A domain kiln passed from father to single son, its bowls painted with running horses under a crackled glaze.

WHEREFukushima

Hamadori · Soma

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Overview

A domain kiln passed from father to single son, its bowls painted with running horses under a crackled glaze.

About this place

Soma Komayaki is pottery produced in the Soma region of Fukushima Prefecture. It is also called Soma-yaki, Koma-yaki and Tashiro Komayaki. Mostly tea utensils, it is characterized by its distinctive crackle glaze and designs of a running horse. In 1648 (1st year of Keian), the potter Tashiro Gengoemon (later renamed Seijiemon), who had trained under Ninsei in Kyoto, opened a kiln in Nakamura, Soma District (now Soma). Thereafter it was generously protected as the official kiln of the Soma Domain. The kiln is open to the public as the Tashiro Komayaki Climbing Kiln, a Fukushima Prefecture Designated Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property, but Soma Komayaki is not currently being made.

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Key facts

Founded / opened：1650s Highlights / collection：Painting of a running horse, Blue crackle Genre：Crafts and ceramics

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