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Kita-gama in Yomitan. Four master potters share the use of a single climbing kiln.
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Yomitanzan-yaki Kitagama is a kiln of 'Tsuboya-yaki: yachimun' in Yachimun no Sato, Zakimi, Yomitan Village, Nakagami District, Okinawa Prefecture. It was founded in 1992 in Yachimun no Sato, Zakimi, Yomitan Village, Nakagami District, Okinawa Prefecture. It is a kiln jointly led by four master potters, Yoneji Matsuda, Kyoji Matsuda, Seikyo Miyagi and Masamori Yonahara, firing a 13-chamber climbing kiln five times a year. The four each have an independent workshop, and make pottery with young apprentices gathered from all over Japan, centered on the masters. November 1990: Construction of Kitagama began
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Field：Climbing kiln, shared kiln
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