A Treasured Creation: Satsuma White Ware
Show: 15 Minutes --> Season: 5 - Season 5
AirDate: 2/23/2022
Runtime: 15
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Overview: The Chin kiln of Kagoshima has been turning out intricate pottery for more than 400 years. The signature openwork and fine detailing was a sensation at the Paris Exposition of 1900. Now the current, 15th-generation head of the family is on a mission to develop new clay from local volcanic earth to bring out an ultimate whiteness in their Satsuma ware.