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*''Japanese'': カムイ焼 ''(Kamui yaki)''

*''Japanese'': カムイ焼 ''(Kamui yaki)''

Kamuiyaki,<ref>''Kamui'' being the local word for "urns" or "pots" (瓶, J: ''kame''), and ''yaki'' 焼 meaning "fired," as in firing pottery.</ref> also known as Sue wares, are a style of ceramics chiefly produced on [[Tokunoshima]] in the [[Amami Islands]], but found throughout the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû Islands]], even as far south as the [[Yaeyama Islands]], as well as in Kyushu and elsewhere. The peak of their production was perhaps in the 11th-12th centuries.

Kamuiyaki,<ref>''Kamui'' being the local word for "urns" or "pots" (瓶, J: ''kame''), and ''yaki'' 焼 meaning "fired," as in firing pottery.</ref> also known as Sue wares, are a style of ceramics chiefly produced on [[Tokunoshima]] in the [[Amami Islands]], but found throughout the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû Islands]], even as far south as the [[Yaeyama Islands]], as well as in Kyushu and elsewhere. The peak of their production was perhaps in the 11th-12th centuries. They show a combination of Chinese, Korean, and Japanese influences in their styles and forms, but it is believed that the technology, techniques, and know-how for producing pottery was introduced to Tokunoshima from Korea in particular; there is no evidence of earlier pottery production on Tokunoshima.<ref>Gregory Smits, ''Early Ryukyuan History: A New Model'', Univ. of Hawaii Press (2024), 55.</ref>

Found in archaeological excavations in sites throughout the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû Islands]] and coastal parts of [[Kyushu]], the origins of Sue wares were unclear until 1983, when a major production site - seemingly, the primary production site in the entire region - was discovered near the southern tip of Tokunoshima. By 2008, more than one hundred kilns had been found on Tokunoshima.<ref>Gregory Smits, ''Early Ryukyuan History: A New Model'', Univ. of Hawaii Press (2024), 42.</ref> ''Kamuiyaki'' wares are now understood to have been produced primarily on Tokunoshima, and traded via the nearby island of [[Kikaigashima]], though some kilns have been found elsewhere. Tokunoshima's forests, which provided ample firewood for the kilns, and arable land which produced food to support the potters and others, made for a good environment for such large-scale pottery production; some scholars have suggested that ''kamuiyaki'' production played a key role in the deforestation of the island in the premodern period.<ref name=smits21>Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu, 1050-1650'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 21-22.</ref>

Found in archaeological excavations in sites throughout the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû Islands]] and coastal parts of [[Kyushu]], the origins of Sue wares were unclear until 1983, when a major production site - seemingly, the primary production site in the entire region - was discovered near the southern tip of Tokunoshima. By 2008, more than one hundred kilns had been found on Tokunoshima.<ref>Gregory Smits, ''Early Ryukyuan History: A New Model'', Univ. of Hawaii Press (2024), 42.</ref> ''Kamuiyaki'' wares are now understood to have been produced primarily on Tokunoshima, and traded via the nearby island of [[Kikaigashima]], though some kilns have been found elsewhere. Tokunoshima's forests, which provided ample firewood for the kilns, and arable land which produced food to support the potters and others, made for a good environment for such large-scale pottery production; some scholars have suggested that ''kamuiyaki'' production played a key role in the deforestation of the island in the premodern period.<ref name=smits21>Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu, 1050-1650'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 21-22.</ref>