The long journey of Yatsushiro Ware potters

At the end of the 16th century Toyotomi Hideyoshi dispatched an army to the Korean Peninsula, as a result of which people from various walks of life traversed the sea from the peninsula to Japan. Among these people were those working with pottery who established kilns in Kyushu (including Karatsu Ware, Arita Ware, Agano Ware, Takatori Ware, Satsuma Ware) and in Yamaguchi (including Hagi Ware).