Mino Ware

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Mino ware (美濃焼, Mino-yaki) is a style of Japanese pottery , stoneware, and ceramics that is produced in Mino Province, mainly in the cities of Tajimi, Toki, Mizunami, and Kani in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan. The history of Japanese pottery in the Toki area appears to have started more than 1,300 years ago.