Mashiko Japan Ceramics

The total area of the town is 89 40 square kilometres 34 52 sq mi.

Mashiko japan ceramics.

Mashiko also keeps on evolving as a pottery producing area and a pottery market is held in the spring and fall every year. Ceramics have played an enormous role in mashiko s history and culture. We have since been collecting and exhibiting works by potters representative of mashiko such as shoji hamada and tatsuzo shimaoka as well as potters with connections to hamada. Mashiko museum of ceramic art.

Mashiko museum of ceramic art opened in june 1993. Located in japan s tochigi prefecture mashiko is a site of major historical importance for japanese ceramics. Japanese ceramics are beloved by connoisseurs as some of the finest in the world. As of may 2015 the town had an estimated population of 23 400 and a population density of 240 persons per.

Other traditional arts like indigo dyeing and weaving have also flourished here. Near utsunomiya the town mashiko 益子町 in tochigi prefecture is well known for its clay based pottery mashiko yaki that uses traditional techniques since the edo era. Mashiko s distinctive local red brown clay has been used to make everyday objects like water jugs since the 1850 s. In 1853 the trained potter and farmer keisaburo otsuka established his own individual kiln within the town district.

Opportunities to purchase mashiko ware abound. Mashiko 益子町 mashiko machi is a town located in tochigi prefecture japan as of 1 august 2020 the town had an estimated population of 21 841 in 7914 households and a population density of 240 persons per km. In our last article we wrote about the capital of dumplings and jazz utsunomiya now to change tones a bit japan kuru visits a town known for its pottery and ceramics industry. Above ceramic works by ken matsuzaki reflecting the natural surroundings of mashiko hills and woodlands.

The whole town hosts the event but most shops and tents set up along jonaizaka the main street. If you want to understand the craft of pottery in japan or to see some of the most unique examples there s no substitute to visiting one of the many. In 1979 mashiko ware was designated as a national traditional craft. 3021 mashiko mashiko machi haga gun tochigi ken 321 4217 tel 81 0 285 72 7555 fax 81 0 285 72 7600.

In 1951 the tochigi prefecture ceramics land industry cooperative now renamed mashiko ware cooperative was founded. Mashiko hosts two pottery fairs every year. A local of the nearby kasama ceramics town otsuka had discovered as had early settlers before him that the local geography of mashiko included stoneware clay.