The Rise of Bizen

Bizen ceramics were, together with Shigaraki wares, the first Japanese ceramics to be introduced in the tea ceremony. This research shows through the study of ceramics from the Bizen kilns that aesthetization processes of ceramic took place in Japan back in the Momoyama period (1573-1615). Such process is explained socio-historically through the political relevance of the Bizen daimyo.