Excavated from Asaka City, Saitama Prefecture
12th century
Height 35.7cm, Mouth diameter 19.6-20.7cm, Body diameter 29.7cm, Bottom diameter 13.3cm
Tokyo National Museum
This is one of the old style medium-sized jars from Tokoname. The joint between the neck of the mouth and the shoulder is sharp, but the opening of the mouth rim is slightly smaller and the edge of the mouth rim is thicker, showing a new trend. The base is made of dense reddish-brown clay, and the body is joined in five steps by a corded clay roll-up molding.
