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Sanda ware (三田焼 Sanda-yaki) is a type of Japanese pottery.
The pottery kiln opened around the middle of the Edo period and was completed during the Kansei era by Uchida Chūbe (内田忠兵衛 1789–1840). During the Bakumatsu years, Kinkodō Kisuke (欽古堂亀祐 1765–1837) was invited from Kyoto and led the kiln to a prosperous era.
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Sanda ware is a general term for ceramics fired in the Miwa, Mushio, and Shitehara districts of Sanda City, Hyogo Prefecture. Known kiln sites include Tengu-ga-hana kiln, Miwa Ueno kiln, Miwa Myojin kiln, Miwa Myojin-mae kiln, Mushio-shinden kiln, Shitehara kiln, and Shitehara-shin kiln. The area includes celadon products, famous for their rich shapes and unique colors, called Sanda celadon, as well as blue and white porcelain and red-painted ware, and is particularly known for its excellent molded products.

Sanda ware is said to have begun when Konishi Kanebee opened the Shitehara kiln during the Horeki era (1751-64), and produced products with a rough ceramic body and white paint applied. Later, Uchida Chubei, who trained at Shitehara kiln, worked on celadon, but with the support of Kanda Sobei, a wealthy merchant in the Sanda castle town, it developed significantly and became known throughout the country as Sanda celadon. The peak of the period was from the end of the Bunka era to the Tenpo era (1830-44), when Kinkodo Kamesuke from Kyoto was invited to provide guidance on mold making and celadon glazes. After that, the kilns continued to operate despite some twists and turns, but in the 1930s, Shidehara Shinkama, the last kiln, closed down.

　 Among these Mita ware kilns, the Miwa Myojin kiln and the Mushio Shinden kiln have been excavated. At the Miwa Myojin kiln, three narrow-slit lotus-room-style climbing kilns and one bisque kiln were discovered. The No. 3 kiln, which was the most active in the late Edo period, has not been fully excavated due to overlapping remains, but it is estimated to have a total length of about 52 meters, a maximum width of 9.2 meters, and more than 14 firing chambers built in a stepped pattern using the slope. The No. 1 kiln, which was used from the Meiji era to the Showa era and is in the best condition from the fire opening to the smoke outlet, was designated as a Hyogo Prefecture historic site in 1974.

Since then, a survey of the surrounding area and a conservation and maintenance project focusing on the kiln have been carried out, and since December 2, 2003, the area has been open to the public as the "Miwa Myojin Kiln Historical Site Park," which is centered around the prefecturally designated No. 1 kiln site. The facility also has an exhibition corner for reference materials on Sanda ware, as well as a pottery learning building. (10-minute walk from JR Sanda Station, behind Miwa Shrine) Materials related to Sanda ware can be viewed at the Sanda City Historical Materials Collection Center (Yashikimachi, former site of Konshinji Temple) and at the Special Exhibition Room of the Sanda City Library (bus from JR Sanda Station), where the late Hosomi Hide's Sanda ware collection can be viewed, but you must check the closing days for both. The Hyogo Prefectural Ceramic Art Museum (tentative name, scheduled to open in autumn 2005), which was introduced last time, also has a collection of excellent pieces.
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Museum Examples

Tokyo National Museum