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Motoyashiki Pottery Kiln Site

Toki, Japan

The Motoyashiki Pottery Kiln Site (Motoyashiki tōki kama ato) is an archaeological site containing late Sengoku to early Edo period kilns located in the Izumi neighborhood of the city of Toki, Gifu in the Chūbu region of Japan. The ruins were designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1967. Many of the pottery shards excavated from this site have been collectively designated as National Treasures or National Important Cultural Property of Japan.

Archaeological site data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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