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Seto and Mino ceramics

Louise Allison Cort

An inspired outpouring of colorfully glazed and eccentrically shaped ceramics from Mino was one of the glories of the Momoyama period (1568-1615), remembered as a golden age for all the arts in Japan. Throughout the Edo period (1615-1868), Seto set the standard for fine glazed pottery to such an extent that the term setomono (Seto things) became a synonym for "ceramics.". Today Seto and Mino continue to flourish. The former clusters of villages have grown into small cities where commercial factories that dispense table and kitchen wares, industrial products, and hi-tech ceramics operate alongside the studios of artist-potters who work in traditional or idiosyncratic styles. Research laboratories investigate new sources of clays and glazes, and training centers educate the potters and technicians of the future. Seto and Mino Ceramics is the first comprehensive study in English of...

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