A white clay is encrusted with iron-rich ochre, a pattern is scratched off, and a Shino glaze is applied on top of it. The scraped off pattern appears white and inlaid on the white clay. The term “Nezumi-Shino” was first coined in 1931 when Takagi Koichi, Inoue Kichijiro, Kato Dojimoe, Kato Tokuro, and others conducted an excavation survey of old Mino kilns and found the largest number of pieces of pottery like the above from the old Yuiemon kiln in Ohira. Later, this type of Shino came to be called Nezumi-Shino.
