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Active since Kamakura (1185–1333) period, at beginning of
Muromachi period (1336) known to produce imitations of Chinese Sung Temmoku. Popular at 1522 (when a renga master donated 50 of them to a temple, for example). Many of these actually produced in Mino, though.
1582 not just Temmoku, but han-zutsu shape began to be fired in Seto.
Seto Black : possibly trying to imitate 黒楽?
Yellow Seto : characteristic for Old Seto.
Shino (which is Seto White). Produced in Mino. Held in highest regard for Seto wares. Example: Hashihime. Richest native feeling of Japan, writes one critic. First temmoku shape, without decorations (like Joo's above); later with iron slip decorations (1596-1615). Made from mogusa clay.
Red Oribe. Arised around 1610, when people acquired a taste for odd shapes of Oribe. Coincidentally, this is the time when Japan transitions from Middle Ages to modern age. Influenced Iga, Bizen and Karatsu.
Oribe also liked Karatsu ware, so some Oribe ware was fired in Karatsu.