Mikawachi ware

Hirado ware incense burner koro with Tokugawa clan crest aoi mon, 1775-1800, Edo period

Mikawachi ware (三川内焼, Mikawachi-yaki) is a type of Japanese pottery traditionally from Mikawachi, Sasebo, Nagasaki in the former Hirado Domain. It is therefore also known as Hirado ware (平戸焼).

Images

Okimono in the form of a tiger climbing onto a rock, porcelain with underglaze blue, 19th century
Mizusashi fresh water jar with deer under maple trees decoration, porcelain with underglaze blue, by Imamura Rokuro, 1870-1890
Brush rest in the form of boys with a snowball, porcelain with underglaze blue, 1800-1830

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