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Kanzan Denshichi
Owari ( Aichi prefecture) in the late Edo period. When the Japanese feudal system
was coming to an end, many of the kilns operated by the local princes were closed
and the potters were forced out of their jobs. Denshichi who was a potter at the
Kotoyaki kiln in Hikone (Shiga prefecture), went to Kyoto in 1862 to start a new kiln.
With the assistance of Gottfried von Wagner, a German chemist, he was able to
modernize the methods of porcelain decoration to improve the colors. Denshichi
made a huge contribution to the Kyoto porcelain industry and helped to bring about
the expansion to the Western market.
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| pottery and porcelain products produced in Kyoto. Kyoyaki is also known as Kiyomizuyaki. Although the Kyoyaki pottery was famous for its artistic quality only to be used by the upper class society for the tea ceremony during the Edo period, the making of the porcelain ware was not started until much later. It was around 1804 -1818 when the The name, Kyoyaki which can be translated as the Kyoto pottery ware, refers to all or any first porcelain ware was produced by Okuda Eisen & other potters. The Kyoyaki porcelain ware has been highly valued among the collectors & the connoisseurs for its |
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