Koito yaki : Koito pottery
April 20, 2017Koito-yaki (Koito pottery) uses two types of clays as its “clay body”, a mixture of clays to form a specific pottery. It uses the local clay dug from a mountain in Hida Furukawa, a town about 20km north of Takayama City (Gifu Prefecture, central Japan), and additionally Gairome clay (a type of kaolin) from Seto City (Aichi Prefecture, bordered by Gifu) to increase refractoriness of the clay body.
Koito pottery is basically glazed with “Irabo glaze”, which is a traditional, brown glaze and known for its somewhat coarse texture.
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Koito yaki : Koito pottery
Translation by: Tae Yamaguchi
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