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Bizen Ware

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Japanese name: 備前焼

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WHAT TO DOBizen Ware

The pottery of Imbe in Bizen City. No glaze is used, and effects such as hidasuki and goma are brought out by the way straw and ash strike the clay. One of the Six Ancient Kilns of Japan.

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The pottery of Imbe in Bizen City. No glaze is used, and effects such as hidasuki and goma are brought out by the way straw and ash strike the clay. One of the Six Ancient Kilns of Japan.

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Bizen ware (備前焼, Bizen-yaki) is a type of Japanese pottery traditionally from Bizen province, presently a part of Okayama prefecture.

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Field:Pottery, Six Ancient Kilns of Japan

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