Tamba ware, also spelled Tanba, and also known as Tamba-Tachikui ware (丹波立杭焼, Tamba-Tachikui-yaki) is a type of Japanese pottery produced in Sasayama and Tachikui in Hyōgo Prefecture.

Tamba ware kame vessel
Kiln at Tachikui Sue-no-sato in Sasayama

History edit

It is considered one of the Six Ancient Kilns of Japan.

External links edit

  Media related to Tamba ware at Wikimedia Commons

  • "TAMBA Menu - EY Net Japanese Pottery Primer". e-yakimono.net. Retrieved 2016-06-29.
  • "Japanese Ceramics from Medieval Kilns | 京都国立博物館 | Kyoto National Museum". kyohaku.go.jp. Retrieved 2016-06-29.
  • "Tamba-Ware Jar | The Art Institute of Chicago". artic.edu. Retrieved 2016-06-29.
  • "Tamba ware mizusashi (water jar) - The British Museum". culturalinstitute.britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 2016-06-29.