{"id":2152,"date":"2018-07-19T20:10:25","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T11:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/history-here.com?page_id=2152"},"modified":"2018-11-10T17:36:45","modified_gmt":"2018-11-10T08:36:45","slug":"old-shiraiwa-yaki","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/history-here.com\/en\/stories\/old-shiraiwa-yaki","title":{"rendered":"Old Shiraiwa-yaki"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Old Shiraiwa-yaki<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Matsumoto Unshichi from Soma province (Akita prefecture) was the first potter to start a pottery in Mount Atago, Shiraiwa Village, sending up the very first finger of smoke in September 1771.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unshichi retired two years after its establishment, and his pupils, represented by Gisaburo, took over the business. With the extraordinary support of Kubota (Akita) domain, the supply chain of Shiraiwa-yaki expanded along the borders of Akita prefecture, which led to it becoming the representative pottery of Akita.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, because the Meiji Restoration ended the domain\u2019s support and allowed the inflow of pottery from advanced areas, Shiraiwa-yaki lost its momentum, resulting in its extinction in 1898.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To distinguish it from the revived works, the pottery produced before and within the Meiji era is called \u201cOld Shiraiwa-yaki.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2646\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/history-here.com\/en\/stories\/old-shiraiwa-yaki\/img_20180627_110548\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/history-here.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_20180627_110548.jpg?fit=3264%2C2448&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3264,2448\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;FTJ162D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1530097548&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;131&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.020006&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Old Shiraiwayaki\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/history-here.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_20180627_110548.jpg?fit=685%2C514&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2646\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/history-here.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_20180627_110548.jpg?resize=182%2C136&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/history-here.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_20180627_110548.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/history-here.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_20180627_110548.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/history-here.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_20180627_110548.jpg?resize=685%2C514&amp;ssl=1 685w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/history-here.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_20180627_110548.jpg?resize=2000%2C1500&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/history-here.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_20180627_110548.jpg?w=1370&amp;ssl=1 1370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/history-here.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_20180627_110548.jpg?w=2055&amp;ssl=1 2055w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/history-here.com\/en\/stories\/ishiguro-house\">Back to Ishiguro House<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Old Shiraiwa-yaki Matsumoto Unshichi from Soma province (Akita prefecture) was the first potter to start a pottery in Mount Atago, Shiraiwa Village, sending up the very first finger of smoke in September 1771. Unshichi retired two years after its establishment, and his pupils, represented by Gisaburo, took over the business. 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