Agano ware (上野焼,Agano-yaki) is a type ofJapanese pottery traditionally made inFukuchi,Tagawa District, Fukuoka.^[1]

Agano ware has its beginnings in 1602, when artisans arrived in Japan from theKingdom of Joseon inKorea by invitation from thedaimyo ofKokura Domain.^[2] The beginnings of its production was supported byHosokawa Sansai,^[3] who was otherwise known as thedaimyōHosokawa Tadaoki.^[4][5] It was originally associated with thetea ceremony.^[1]

Agano Kawara ware (上野香春焼) is a type of Agano ware traditionally made inKawara,Fukuoka Prefecture.^[6]

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  sake bottletokkuri, Edo period, 19th century
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  sake bottle (tokkuri) with textured surface, Edo period, late 18th-early 19th century

• List of Traditional Crafts of Japan

• Takeshi, Nagatake (1979).Japanese ceramics from the Tanakamaru collection. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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