Kyushu Ceramic Museum


The Kyushu Ceramics Museum is a museum located in Arita town, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is one of Japan's many museums which are supported by a prefecture.
The museum was built to contribute to the local cultural heritage, and the development of ceramics and pottery culture throughout Kyūshū, southern Japan. A valuable and extensive exhibition of work such as the famous Kanbara Collection of old Imari from Europe of the 17th to 18th centuries, as well as the Shibata Collection covering Arita pottery manufactured from 1603 to 1867.