Narushima ware (Pottery) flourished until the end of the Taisho period, but has since died out. In the early Showa period, Toshizo Wakui, the second son of a Hirashimizu ware pottery called “Shinkameya” in Yamagata City (South foothills Chitoseyama), moved to Nagai City in search of high-quality pottery clay, and began working with pottery pipes. Established a ceramics business to manufacture and sell. It was a success, and my father also helped in the family business, but I couldn’t give up my dream of becoming a pottery artist. Although he was active as a ceramic artist, many people in Yonezawa wanted him to revive and revitalize his business.
【製品名(商品名)】 秘伝うち豆(馬のかめしめ等) 【種類】 Glycine max L. Merrill 【生産地】 山形県長井市(JA山形おきたま長井青大豆組合) 【名前の由来】 From hitting and crushing one soybean with a wooden mallet. Umanokamishime, a native variety of edamame in Yamagata along with Dadachamame, is made in the southern part of Yamagata Prefecture, especially in Nagai City. When it comes to soybeans, it seems that the soybeans came … Continue reading Narushima ware (Pottery) flourished until the end of the Taisho period, but has since died out. In the early Showa period, Toshizo Wakui, the second son of a Hirashimizu ware pottery called “Shinkameya” in Yamagata City (South foothills Chitoseyama), moved to Nagai City in search of high-quality pottery clay, and began working with pottery pipes. Established a ceramics business to manufacture and sell. It was a success, and my father also helped in the family business, but I couldn’t give up my dream of becoming a pottery artist. Although he was active as a ceramic artist, many people in Yonezawa wanted him to revive and revitalize his business.