Echizen ware

Echizen ware (越前焼, Echizen-yaki) is a type of Japanese pottery traditionally produced in Echizen, Odacho and Miyazaki Fukui Prefecture.^[1][2]

Echizen ware sake bottle (tokkuri), Momoyama period, late 16th century

Echizen ware widemouthed oil jar (kame) with wave pattern, stoneware with natural ash glaze, Edo period, 18th century

Echizen Pottery Village, Fukui Pottery Museum

It is considered one of the Six Ancient Kilns of Japan.^[3][4][5]

The Echizen Pottery Village showcases a wide variety of this pottery style.^[6][7]