Japanese ceramics by region and prefecture, mostly from west to east, with Prehistoric Pottery at the end. I try to have one or more photos for each type of pottery. Underlined names have a link to an associated page, those in italics are missing an associated photo (and likely also don't have a page yet).
Okinawa
  • Tsuboya ware 壺屋焼
  • Koza ware 胡差焼​
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  • Ryūkyū ware 琉球焼
  • Kogachi ware ​古我地焼
Kyushu
Saga Prefecture
​Nagasaki Prefecture Kumamoto Prefecture
  • Koda ware 高田焼 / Yatsushiro ware​
  • Shōdai ware 小代焼
  • Mizunotaira ware 水の平焼
  • Maruo ware 丸尾焼
  • Takahama ware 高浜焼
  • Amakusa ware 天草焼
  • Isshochi ware 一勝地焼
  • Matsuhase ware 松橋焼
Oita Prefecture
Fukuoka Prefecture Miyazaki Prefecture
  • Komatsubara ware 小松原焼
  • Takasaki ware 日向高崎焼
Kagoshima Prefecture
Chugoku
Shimane Prefecture
Okayama Prefecture
  • Bizen ware 備前焼​
  • Mushiake ware 虫明焼
  • Nanzan ware 南山焼
  • Sakatsu ware さかつ焼
  • Ohara ware 大原焼
  • Kibi ware きび焼
Hiroshima Prefecture Tottori Prefecture
Yamaguchi Prefecture
  • Hagi ware 萩焼
  • Horikoshi ware 掘越焼
  • Iwakuni ware 岩国焼
  • Onoda Sue ware 小野田須恵焼
  • Sueda ware 末田焼
  • Sano ware 佐野焼
Shikoku
Ehime Prefecture
Tokushima Prefecture Kochi Prefecture
  • Uchiharano ware 内原野焼
  • Odo-nōsayama ware 尾戸.能茶山焼
Kagawa Prefecture
  • Rihei ware 理平焼
  • Yashima ware 屋島焼
  • Kankake ware 神懸焼
  • Okamoto ware 岡本焼
  • Mimaya ware 御厩焼
  • Shionoe ware  塩江焼
  • Kōzai ware 香西焼
  • Kōnan ware ​香南焼
Kansai
Hyogo Prefecture
​Shiga Prefecture
  • Koto ware 湖東焼 (Hikone)
  • Shigaraki ware 信楽焼 (Shigaraki)
  • Zeze ware 膳所焼
  • Oumishimoda ware 近江下田焼
  • Chinoike ware ​血の池焼
Wakayama Prefecture
  • Kishuzuishi ware 紀州瑞芝焼
Mie Prefecture Osaka Prefecture Nara Prefecture
  • Akahada ware 赤膚焼
  • Oyodo ware 大淀焼
Kansai Prefecture
​Kyoto Prefecture
Chubu
Aichi Prefecture ​Fukui Prefecture
  • Echizen ware 越前焼
  • Awara ware 芦原焼
  • Ota ware 織田焼
  • Hisaka ware 氷坂焼
Gifu Prefecture Niigata Prefecture Shizuoka Prefecture
  • Shizuhata ware 賎機焼
  • Shitoro ware 志戸呂焼
  • Moriyama ware 森山焼
​Toyama Prefecture
  • Etchūseto ware 越中瀬戸焼
  • Etchūmaruyama ware 越中丸山焼
  • Fukumitsu ware 福光焼
  • Sansuke ware 三助焼
  • Kosugi ware 小杉焼
​Ishikawa Prefecture Nagano Prefecture
  • Matsushiro ware 松代焼
  • Tenryūkyō ware 天竜峡焼
  • Obayashi ware 尾林焼
  • Takatoo ware 高遠焼
Tohoku
Fukushima ​Prefecture
​Aomori Prefecture
  • Tsugaru ware 津軽焼　　
  • Tsugari Ujo ware 津軽烏城焼
  • Tsugarukanayama ware 津軽金山焼
  • Hachinohe ware 八戸焼
Iwate Prefecture
  • Kokuji ware 小久慈焼
  • Kajichō ware 鍜治丁焼
  • Dai ware 台焼
  • Fujisawa ware 藤沢焼
Miyagi Prefecture
  • Tsutsumi ware 堤焼
  • Kirigome ware 切込焼
  • Daigamori ware ​台ヶ森焼
Akita Prefecture
  • Shiraiwa ware ​白岩焼　
  • Naraoka ware 楢岡焼
  • Akita ware 秋田焼
  • Ani ware 阿仁焼
Yamagata Prefecture
  • Hirashimizu ware 平清水焼
  • Yonezawa ware 米沢焼
  • Kaminohata ware 上の畑焼
  • Miyama ware 深山焼
  • Goten ware 碁点焼
  • Shinjōhigashiyama ware 新庄東山焼　
  • Budō ware 葡萄焼
  • Narushima ware 成島焼
Kanto
Ibaraki Prefecture Tochigi Prefecture
Tokyo Prefecture ​Saitama Prefecture
  • ​Honno ware 飯能焼
​Gunma Prefecture
  • Tsukiyono ware 月夜野焼　
  • Jishōji ware 自性寺焼
  • Shibutami ware ​渋民焼​
Kanagawa Prefecture
Hokkaido
  • Shikaoi ware 鹿追焼
  • Otaru ware 小樽焼
  • Kobushi ware ​こぶ志焼
Prehistoric Pottery
Jomon Pottery 縄文土器
Yayoi Pottery 弥生土器
Sue Pottery 須恵器
Haji Pottery 土師器 / Haniwa Pottery 埴輪
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