Unknown Potters' Mound

Monument of ceramic artists

It is a complex of gravestones, which is found beside a river at the entrance of Okawachi ceramic village. They were the artists of Nabeshima-Yaki, but their individual names are unknown. Paying respe...

880 basis の Wuxu Tomb

Original Text

It is a pottery unrelated tower in Okawauchi, Imari Yaki no Sato, Saga Prefecture. Kawauchiyama is the place where the clan kiln of the Nabeshima clan was located. The pottery made here is presented to the cabinet, and it is a memorial tower with a high secret art, an unknown pottery, and a collection of 880 units. It seems that there were also Koreans.

Potter Daの Tomb

Original Text

Okawauchiyama, a secret kiln village, is surrounded by mountains, and in order to prevent the production technique from leaking out in the Edo period, the base of ceramic production was moved from Arita to Okawauchiyama as a kiln for the Saga domain. There is a history of preventing advanced techniques from flowing out by strict control, such as setting up a bansho at the entrance to prevent external intrusion, and those engaged in ceramic production are allowed to go outside Mt. Okawauchi. It was said that it was. The tombs of the potters are as pottery unrelated towers. There is such a history ...

The grave of potters who supported Nabeshima ware.

Original Text

　Okawauchiyama in Imari, the hometown of pottery. The Nabeshima Domain Kiln Bridge is built at the entrance of this village, where many kilns are lined up on both sides of the road. From this bridge, looking at the bank across the small river, there were countless tombs. Among them, there were many small tombs gathered and a pyramid-shaped tomb. That was the pottery-free tower. In the Edo period, Nabeshima ware was supported by these unknown pottery craftsmen. 　

Guodao Yiyao Bridge から

Original Text

　At the entrance of Mt. Okawauchi, the hometown of Nabeshima ware, there is a bridge called Nabeshima Domain Kiln Bridge. The balustrade of this bridge is suitable for the hometown of Nabeshima ware, and it is made of Nabeshima ware (?) Pottery, but when you look down from the bridge, the graves are built so that they overlap. This was the pottery-free tower. It is said that this is a memorial tower that collects the unrelated tombstones of ８８０ pottery in the Edo period, including the Goryeo people. ... proof that Nabeshima ware was created by these unknown pottery craftsmen.