Firing the Vessel

A record of Japanese ceramics and the people who fired them. From Jōmon earthenware to Edo overglaze enamels, on the same terms. Where it is, when it was made, what it is made of.

This English edition carries the factual record only. Titles follow the holding institution where one is given; otherwise a conventional English rendering is used. The Japanese pages carry the descriptive text.

Makers 86 of 8

Ogata Kenzan尾形乾山 Edo period　1663–1743 5 works

Aoki Mokubei青木木米 Edo period　1767–1833 4 works

Miyagawa Kōzan I宮川香山（初代） Modern era　1842–1916 2 works

Ogata Kōrin尾形光琳 Edo period　1658–1716 2 works

Seifū Yohei III清風与平（三代） Modern era　d. 1914 1 work

Nonomura Ninsei野々村仁清 Edo period　17th century (dates unknown) 21 works

See all sculptors (8)

By periodAsuka to the present, 215 works

Azuchi–Momoyama period38

Edo period66

Modern era3

Tang (China)5

Five Dynasties (China)1

Northern Song (China)9

Jin (China)1

Southern Song (China)24

Photographs wanted (129) — works whose location and date are known, but for which no freely usable photograph has been found.

This is an alpha. 215 works, 8 sculptors, 21 prefectures, Asuka period to the present. Published while it is still being built, and what is not known has been left visible: 129 works have no photograph, 0 have no recorded type, and 0 have no recorded date. Rather than leaving those fields blank, the archive says that the record is missing. If you notice anything, please write to info@utsuwawoyaku.org.