Craft · No. 79
No. 79陶磁器
Otani Ware
大谷焼
otani ware · 徳島県
Otani Ware is a robust folk pottery tradition from Naruto City, Tokushima Prefecture. It is especially renowned for its large-scale vessels — including indigo-dyeing vats — shaped using a distinctive foot-powered kick-wheel technique and fired in climbing kilns.
- Origin
- 徳島県
- Category
- 陶磁器
- Materials
- Pottery clay · 灰釉 · 飴釉
- Designation
- Nat'l Traditional Craft
No. IHistory
Otani Ware traces its origins to the mid-Edo period, when the Otani district of Awa Province (present-day Tokushima Prefecture) began producing potter…
No. IIMaterials
Otani Ware is made primarily from iron-rich red clay sourced from the Tokushima region. This clay is highly plastic, making it well suited for forming…
No. IIITechniques
The most distinctive feature of Otani Ware is its use of the kick-wheel (kerikomi-rokuro), a large foot-powered potter's wheel. For everyday pieces, a…
No. IVClimate
The area around Naruto in Tokushima Prefecture enjoys a warm, relatively humid climate, which keeps clay workable and supports consistent pottery prod…
