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The \"Six Old Kilns of Japan\" are the six representative kilns of Japan that have existed since the Middle Ages. Tokoname ware is one of the six oldest kilns in Japan, and is said to be the largest of its kind at the time.
Bricks fired in Tokoname were used in the former main building of the Imperial Hotel, which was spared from collapse in the Great Kanto Earthquake, and Tokoname ware is used not only for vessels but also in a wide range of other fields, including building materials.
Tokonameyaki is a type of pottery produced mainly in Tokoname City on the Chita Peninsula in Aichi Prefecture.
In conventional pottery production, if the clay contains iron, it turns black or swells during firing, making it difficult to handle.
Tokoname ware is said to have the oldest history among the six oldest kilns, and is believed to have spread to the Chita Peninsula in the late Heian Period (around 1100), following the flow of ash-glazed pottery from the Sanage kilns.
Tokoname ware made during the Heian and Kamakura periods is called \"Ko-Tokoname,\" and it is used by aristocrats and warriors to make everyday pots, Buddhist water jars, and sutra jars (kyozukatsubo, a vessel used to store sutras). The most important of these are the three-barrel vases on the body, which were used by aristocrats and warriors. The most famous of these is the sankinko jar, which has a three-striped pattern on the body.
The molding method used in this period was \"string making\" (the technique used for large jars and pots is called \"yoriko-zukuri\"), in which clay is rolled into a string shape, and the clay is fired unglazed.From April 2007 to October 2012, the \"Tokyo Station Marunouchi Station Building Preservation and Restoration\" project was carried out.
Tokoname-yaki tiles were used in this project to reproduce the red bricks of Tokyo Station as they were when the station was first built.
During the reconstruction work, a tile manufacturer in Tokoname City, Akai Tile Co.
