Preface ix Introduction 3(3) Imperial Bounty 6(13) Medieval Wares 19(85) Tea-Storage Jars 104(23) Tea-Ceremony Wares 127(56) Kyoto and Shigaraki 183(10) Official Tea Jars 193(14) Glazed Domestic Wares 207(42) Response to Westernization 249(19) The Hibachi Era 268(34) Shigaraki Today 302(70) Appendices A. Morita Kyuemons Diary 314(2) B. Shigaraki in 1872 316(18) C. A Shigaraki Womans Life 334(7) D. Shigaraki in Omi 341(2) Kawai Kanjiro E. Shigaraki Kiln Sites 343(28) F. Shigaraki Clays 371(1) Notes 372(31) Bibliography 403(10) Index 413