White satsuma ware tripod

Among the different types of white Satsuma ware, an elaborate white ware called shirayaki was exceptionally high in quality. This was a ceramic ware of high rank that could only be used by the feudal lords as a gift to a shogun family or a daimyo, so much so that no Satsuma nishikide ware was ever seen by the commoners during the Edo period (1603-1868).