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The court ordered many of the potters in the kingdom to relocate to the Tsuboya district in [[1682]], creating Tsuboya as a major center of pottery production, and sparking the emergence of a distinctive Tsuboya style. [[Kumejima]], [[Miyakojima]], and [[Ishigakijima]] remain major centers of pottery production as well.

The court ordered many of the potters in the kingdom to relocate to the Tsuboya district in [[1682]], creating Tsuboya as a major center of pottery production, and sparking the emergence of a distinctive Tsuboya style. [[Kumejima]], [[Miyakojima]], and [[Ishigakijima]] remain major centers of pottery production as well.

In Okinawa, the terms ''jôyachi'' (上焼, "completed wares") and ''arayachi'' (荒焼, "rough wares") are used to refer, respectively, to glazed and unglazed ceramics.

Up until the [[Meiji period]], Tsuboya remained a center of production of relatively simple ''arayachi'' (荒焼, "rough wares"), or unglazed ceramics. It was only in the [[Taisho period|Taishô period]] that, seeing the great popularity of [[Arita wares]] in the mainland Japanese market and seeking to expand their market share, the Tsuboya potters began producing ''jôyachi'' (上焼, "completed wares"), that is, glazed ceramics, with elaborate designs of fish, dragons, and the like.

 

A handful of influential ceramics artists, including Aragaki Eizaburô, Kinjô Jirô, and Kobashigawa Eishô, led the Tsuboya area in developing further in the post-war, into what it is today.

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==References==

==References==

*Gallery labels, Okinawa Prefectural Museum.

*Gallery labels, Okinawa Prefectural Museum.

 

[[Category:Ryukyu]]

[[Category:Ryukyu]]

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[[Category:Art and Architecture]]