Higashiyama ware began operations in 1822 at the eastern foot of Mount Kozenji in Higashiyama Village, Shikahigashi County, Harima Province (now Higashiyama, Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture), located southeast of Himeji Castle. At the time, Kawai Michiomi (1767-1841), a senior retainer of the Himeji Domain, sold specialty products such as Himeji cotton and leather products nationwide in order to restore the domain's finances, which were suffering from deficits. He also focused on Higashiyama ware, placing it under the domain's control from the beginning and taking care to prevent specie money from flowing out of the domain.
Incorporating the latest designs of Kyo ware, which was a luxury brand at the time, and ceramic technology from Arita, Hizen, a major production area, they fired a wide range of wares, from porcelain to pottery, with a focus on celadon and blue-and-white porcelain. The Kozenjiyama kiln mainly fired celadon and blue-and-white porcelain, while the Otokoyama kiln mainly fired blue-and-white porcelain, with many excellent blue-and-white porcelain items, particularly old blue-and-white porcelain copies and auspicious copies.
At the end of the Edo period, the business was taken over by six wealthy merchants from the castle town of Himeji, and although the scale of production was reduced after the abolition of the feudal domains and establishment of prefectures in 1871, production continued into the Meiji period.
Eiseisha was established in 1877 in Okuramae-cho (present-day Shio-cho and Jusansho-mae-cho) for the purpose of providing employment to samurai. Under the guidance of Shibata Zenpei (year of birth unknown-1902), a potter from Hizen Okawachi, potters and artists from Higashiyama ware, as well as former Himeji samurai, were involved in the production of pottery. They mainly produced colored ware for export, and continued to operate until around 1888. In 1881, Eiseisha potter Nakagawa Yujiro (1849-1922) began producing Sagiashi ware, mainly pottery characterized by intricate bamboo spatula work, at his home in Page-cho.
This exhibition will introduce Himeji pottery such as Higashiyama ware, Eiseisha, and Sagiashi ware, which flourished from the late early modern period to the modern era.

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Time:	Mar 15–May 25, 2025 (UTC+9) ENDED
Location:	The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo, ４ Imada Town Kami Tatehang Tamba Sasayama City Hyogo Prefecture Japan

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