A type of pottery with roots in Hiraga Gennai’s work, produced in Shodoshima. It was founded on 1875 (Meiji era, year 8). It specializes in tea pottery, which began to be made as a souvenir of the Kankakei Valley. It uses Shodoshima soil, which is less sticky, and is characterized by a technique called “string making”, which stretches it in a string shape and winds it. It shows a rich, expressive glaze because differently colored is applied twice. The baking method is the same as Raku-yaki’s. It is a traditional craft of Kagawa Prefecture.
