Mino Japan Ceramics

Mino ware called mino yaki in japanese is a ceramic ware produced in the tono area of gifu prefecture.

Mino japan ceramics.

The art of pottery is one of the oldest human inventions using all of the elements earth water air and fire. Ceramics from the mino region amount to around 50 of japanese pottery produced. Mino ware does not maintain a single style but instead has over 15 types of pottery registered as. Our focus is on continually maintaining developing and expanding our collections from international.

It is a triennale that offers a wide variety of attractive events of ceramics industries in tajimi city mizunami city and toki city and its main event is the world class ceramics competition international ceramics competition mino japan. Emperor daigo 885 930 marked mino as a tributary province responsible for creating ceramic tributes to daimyo feudal lords. Oribe ware also known as 織部焼 oribe yaki is a style of japanese pottery that first appeared in the sixteenth century. It s currently the most productive area in japan when it comes to ceramics.

It has maintained its long history and tradition but adapted for modern times. Mino ware was even developed into one of the cultural icons of the momoyama period. Ceramics park mino is a beautifully modern structure which is built high above the city in a magnificently laid out park setting. A notable feature of mino ware is its wide variety of pottery.

It is a triennale that offers a wide variety of attractive events of ceramics industries in tajimi city mizunami city and toki city and its main event is the world class ceramics competition international ceramics competition mino japan. All of our pieces are handmade one of a kind and carefully designed in our little garage studio on the gold coast. It consists of two areas. Japan ceramics is one of new south wales largest tile wholesalers.

Here at mino we are inspired by the beauty of simplicity nature and japanese wabi sabi. Mino work was introduced by a korean buddhist priest over 1300 years ago as an earthenware product but only properly started to develop during the heian period 794 1185. Aside from the rich reserves of clay the migration of the talented seto ware makers to mino to evade the ravaging wars is another reason for the coming to prominence of the pottery there. The museum of modern ceramic art and oribe square where the international ceramics festival was held.

Throughout the centuries four styles of mino were developed that differ from each other in appearance. With the introduction of mass production introduced in the meiji period 1868 1912 mino ware became widely available.