Minneapolis Institute of Art

Storage jar

Japan

Date

early 17th century

Medium

Tokoname ware, stoneware with natural ash glaze

Department

Asian Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

A light-colored glaze descends from the wide neck and covers the sloping shoulders of this storage jar from the Tokoname kilns. Named for the town of Tokoname on the Chita Peninsula south of Nagoya, Tokoname ware has been produced since the eleventh century at a number of kilns in the vicinity of the town. The high iron content of Tokoname clay leads to a characteristic dark, red-brown surface. Japan, Asia

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