Smokeless climbing kiln "Genyo", Asahi ware

Matubayashi Hosai XIV1975

Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University
Kyoto, Japan

14th generation potter Matsubayashi Hōsai built the world’s first smokeless ascending kiln in 1975. This Asahi kiln, named Gen'yō, has continued to produce ceramics into the present day.

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Title: Smokeless climbing kiln "Genyo", Asahi ware
Creator: Matubayashi Hosai XIV
Date Created: 1975
Location: Asahi kiln
Type: Kyoto, kiln, fire
Original Source: Asahiyaki

Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University

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