Six Ancient Kilns
The Six Ancient Kilns is a category developed by Koyama Fujio in the post-war period to describe the most noteworthy ceramic kilns of Japan.
The six kilns are:
- Bizen ware, produced in Bizen, Okayama
- Echizen ware, produced in Echizen, Odacho and Miyazaki, Fukui Prefecture
- Seto ware, produced in Seto, Aichi Prefecture
- Shigaraki ware, produced in Kōka, Shiga, east of Lake Biwa
- Tamba ware, also known as Tachikui ware, produced in Sasayama and Tachikui in Hyōgo
- Tokoname ware, produced in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture
The Okayama Prefectural Bizen Ceramic Museum held an exhibition in 2001 about the six kilns.
