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In Ibe, Okayama Prefecture, the center of Bizen ware production, we, Gallery Shozan, exhibit and sell Bizen ware with pride and tradition as the largest gallery and kiln in Bizen. INFORMATION Hours10:00~17:00ClosedMondays (if Monday is a holiday, Tuesday is closed in lieu...

KONISHI Touko, the kiln's owner, has maintained the traditional firing method using red pine, the original material of Bizen ware, and has focused on quality rather than quantity in its production. Konishi Touko (real name: Konishi Toichiro), the grandson of Nagami Touraku, a master craftsman in the early Meiji period, established the kiln. The first generation had been...

Aspired to become a ceramic artist at an early age under his father, a Bizen Pottery artist. He majored in sculpture at university. With the sense of creating "objects that can be used," he pursues creative modeling, firing in a wood-fired kiln, and a variety of colors and techniques of expression unique to Bizen ware, which is unglazed pottery. He pursues a variety of colors and expressive techniques unique to Bizen ware, which is unglazed and fired in a wood-fired kiln. It...

1983Born in Bizen City, Okayama Prefecture as the eldest son of Bizen Pottery artist Tatsumine Fujita III2010Graduated from Kanazawa College of Art, Department of Sculpture, Faculty of Art and Design2012Completed the Ceramics Course at Kyoto City Institute of Industrial Technology INFORMATION Hours10:00-17:00Closed irregular holidaysAccess602-2 Ibe, Bizen CityTelephone Number086...

1986Born in Bizen City, Okayama Prefecture as the eldest son of Bizen ware artist Yasuhiro Ishida2006Completed Bizen Ceramics Center2007Graduated from Kyoto Prefectural High School of Ceramic Technology2007-2010Studied under Bizen ware living national treasure Jun Isesaki2011Worked at KigbeareStudio, England2012Worked at WhichfordPottery, England2013 2013Returned to England.

A 5-minute walk north from Ibe Station on the JR Ako Line. It is a kiln directly descended from the "Bizen Pottery Roku Surname" that has been in existence since ancient times. In the gallery, the display shelves (hina-dan) that have watched over the town of Ibe since the Edo period are still in use! INFORMATION Hours10:00-17:00Closed irregular holidaysAccessBizen City...

Kumazawa Bansan and his related samurai residences were located between the Hachinotani River on the west side of Shorakuji Temple in the Bansan area and the Otani River flowing from the east. In 1657, at the age of 39, Kumazawa Bansan changed the name of the village then known as Teraguchi Village to Bansan. He lived here for about four years until he left Bansan Village in 1661 at the age of 43....

The site was modeled after the Ida method of the Zhou Dynasty in China, and was built in the Honami Ida area of present-day Bizen City by Mitsumasa Ikeda, feudal lord of Okayama, under the order of Nagatada Tsuda in the 10th year of the Kanbun Era. The land was divided into 9 equal sections from 1 to 9 towns, with each section consisting of 1 township of 9 towns and 7 mu in the Kami-ida area and 9 towns and 3.18 paces in the Shimo-ida area. The first...

Established in 1856. Yebisuya Araki Ryokan in Bizen City, Okayama Prefecture. The peaceful time that flows through the old Sanyo Road and Katakami Port. Amidst the changing times, we value the hospitality of our guests with sincerity and sincerity as always. The inn is full of emotion, with buildings from the Edo period that were loved by Kitaoji Rosanjin still standing....

Please enjoy healthy curry and desserts made mostly of vegetables in a relaxing space decorated with Bizen ware and paintings by living national treasures and Mozart's music. Bizen Curry and Seafood Doria We also sell accessories and clothes for women. INFORMATION ...