Located in Yangjiang County, Zhaoqing Prefecture, Guangdong Province, China, it is said to have been founded after the Song Dynasty’s Nandu. Later, during the Ming Dynasty, it was moved to Shiwan Village, Foshan Town, Nanhai County, and the old kiln in Yangjiang is said to have already disappeared. In modern times, this kiln is called the Foshan kiln or the Shiwan kiln, and it seems to have been used for mass production. The Chinese call this so-called Cantonese sea squirt, but they call it “mud flatware” and consider it lowly. Since the glaze colors are similar to those produced in Yixing, they are often confused with those produced in Jingdezhen. However, according to the “Jingdezhen Ceramic Record,” porcelain was produced in Yangjiang County, and there were many types, such as furnaces, bottles, bowls, vessels, jars, and containers, and they were gorgeous. According to the 1904 edition of Kell’s “Guide to Guangdong,” stone kilns fired and glazed miscellaneous daily wares and decorative objects. In addition, during the period when porcelain was manufactured and exported to Europe as an important export item since the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty (), many items other than Jingdezhen were manufactured and painted in Guangdong, and some of them were painted on plates and bowls of foreign ships docking in Guangdong according to the captain’s preference. Of course, the Guangyō kiln is also known for its fresh sea squirts and their hand-painted plates. Of course, the Guang kilns did not only produce fresh sea squirt ware, but also various types of ware such as blue-and-white and colored flowers. The fact that the kilns in Yangjiang County began in the Southern Song probably refers to the fact that they flourished around that time, and earthen kilns and miscellaneous kilns probably existed before that time. (Ya, Yunryusai Seisai, Ozaki Shunsheng)
