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小代焼

Shōdai wareJapan

Shōdai ware (小代焼, Shōdai-yaki) is a type of Japanese pottery traditionally from Arao, Kumamoto.

Bottle, poured white glaze on brown glaze, Shodai ware, Edo period, 18th century. Exhibit in the Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan. This artwork is old enough so that it is in the public domain.
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Shōdai ware (小代焼, Shōdai-yaki) is a type of Japanese pottery traditionally from Arao, Kumamoto. 1

The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Shōdai ware”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1

Shōdai ware is type of Japanese pottery traditionally from Arao, Kumamoto, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2

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