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Old 02-15-2011, 04:05 PM   #8140
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Originally Posted by Stitchawl View Post
Tokoname is the name of a pottery town in Aichi prefecture that is famous for brown clayware, especially bonsai pots and small teapots. Perhaps the name for your teapot would be 'kyosoo,' or perhaps 'dohbeen.' Put together it might be 'tokoname kyosoo.'

It's a really neat little village/town to wander around in. There are kilns everywhere, with retail shops in front.


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Hmmm. Neither "kyosoo" nor "dohbeen" seem to bring up appropriate information in Google. But when I use "Tokoname" as the primary search word, and then select "Images" in Google, I see many variations on that theme of teapot. Perhaps the style of pot takes it name from the name of the place which popularized it.
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