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Pottery master Sokei Aoyama has spent his life researching ancient techniques and reproducing pottery. In this video, he throws a tenmoku tea bowl using the same technique as the craftsmen of ancient Japan, as far back as the Heian period. Aoyama-sensei is based in Tajimi, Gifu Prefecture, and has traced the production of the white tenmoku (Japanese: shiro tenmoku) to the town of Onada. This pottery is a very rare example of ceramics not having originated in China or Korea, but being unique to Japan.