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Satsuma Ware

Kagoshima · Hioki · Art & Crafts

Japanese name: 薩摩焼

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Satsuma Ware
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WHAT TO DOSatsuma Ware

Begun by abducted Korean potters, and split into white ware for the lord and black for everyone else - class made into pottery.

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Kagoshima · Hioki

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Begun by abducted Korean potters, and split into white ware for the lord and black for everyone else - class made into pottery.

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Satsuma ware (薩摩焼, Satsuma-yaki) is a type of Japanese pottery originally from Satsuma Province, southern Kyūshū. Today, it can be divided into two distinct categories: the original plain dark clay early Satsuma (古薩摩, Ko-Satsuma) made in Satsuma from around 1600, and the elaborately decorated export Satsuma (京薩摩, Kyō-Satsuma) ivory-bodied pieces which began to be produced in the nineteenth century in various Japanese cities. By adapting their gilded polychromatic enamel overglaze designs to appeal to the tastes of western consumers, manufacturers of the latter made Satsuma ware one of the most recognized and profitable export products of Japan for centuries, and even became one of the key sources of funding for the Meiji period reforms.

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Founded / opened:1598 Highlights / collection:Nishikide of white Satsuma, Everyday vessels of black Satsuma, Kiln founded by Korean potters Genre:Crafts and ceramics

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