Hōraku ware

Hōraku ware (豊楽焼) is a type of Japanese pottery historically from Nagoya, Owari Province, central Japan.

[5] In addition to Unge ware, Oribe, aka-e, shimitsu and fukai, etc., he also used natural mottling on earthenware to produce a marbleized effect.

The tea handbook Sencha haya-shinan of 1801 mentions Toyosuke as an expert of teaware, with the following words of praise: "Except for kibisho (kyūsu) teapots, it is unnecessary to go seek for masters in the capital.

[7][8] The fourth generation, Toyosuke (四代豊助 1813–1858), moved back to Nagoya and worked in Kami-maezu (上前津) in today's Naka-ku.

He apparently made tea wares and sculptural pieces to the order of Emperor Meiji in 1876, and also exhibited domestically and abroad, winning a prize at the Exposition Universelle (1878) in Paris.

Kōgō incense box, Kōchi style , dragons design, green glaze, by Rikei. Edo period , 18th century
Covered bowl, flower and glass design, by Toyosuke III. Edo period, 18th-19th century
Pentagonal bowls, snow, moon and floral design, by Toyosuke IV. Edo period, 19th century