[Seto ware]
Seto ware is a type of Japanese pottery produced in and around the village of Seto in Aichi Prefecture. Seto was one of the Six Ancient Kilns of Japan.
The first pottery in Seto produced in the 13th century, and Seto was the only area where produced glazed ceramics in medieval times of Japan.
Katō Shirōzaemon is credited as the first potter to produce Seto ware. He brought methods of glazed ceramics from China in Kamakura period, and he started the production of ceramics glazed with iron glaze and ash glaze in Seto. In Momoyama period (1337–1573), Seto potters produced more tea utensils along with the development of tea ceremony.
Seto ware has various kinds of glazes; ash glaze, iron glaze, Kiseto(yellow), Setokuro(black), Shino, Oribe and Tetsu-aka.
[Tosaburou KATO]
A Japanese potter in Seto, Aichi.
The originator was Toushiro Kagemasa Kato, who visited China following Zen master Dogen to study pottery in 1222. After his return in 1227, he built his kiln in Seto. He is also the originator of Seto ware.
- Second Generation: Toshiro Kato
He invented yellow Seto ware.
Third Generation: Toshiro Kato Kagekuni
Fourth Generation: Toshiro Kato
Fifth Generation: Toshiro Kato Nobumasa
Sixth Generation: Toshiro Kato Masamitsu
Seventh Generation: Toshiro Kato Motozane
Eighth Generation: Toshiro Kato Motofusa
Ninth Generation: Toshiro Kato Kanemitsu
Tenth Generation: Toshiro Kato Motoharu
Eleventh Generation:Toshiro Kato Masanaga
Twelfth Generation: Toshiro Kato Mototoki
Thirteenth Generation: Toshiro Kato Masataka
Fourteen Generation: Jinbe Kato Motomitsu
Fifteenth Generation: Jinbe Kato Kagenaga
Sixteen Generation: Tosaburo Kato Motohisa
Seventeenth Generation:Tozaburo Kato
Eighteenth Generation: Tozaemon Kato Kageyori
Nineteenth Generation: Riemon Kato Kagetada
He was a potter in Edo period. In 1608, he moved to Mino and established a kiln there. He returned Seto to worked for Naoyoshi Tokugawa in 1610. At that tome he named himself as Tozaburo and the name has been succeeded until today.
- Twentieth Generation: Tozaburo Kato Kageyasu
In 1650, he built kiln her castle and worked for Owari Clan on the order of Yoshinao Tokugawa. Works made at the kiln which used pale blue graze made of ash glaze and feldspar were called Ofukeiyaki.
- Twenty First Generation: Tozaburo Kato Kagenori
- Twenty Second Generation: Tozaburo Kato Kagesada
- Twenty Third Generation: Tozaburo Kato Kagetomo
- Twenty Fourth Generation: Tozaburo Kato Kagefuji
- Twenty Fifth Generation: Tozaburo Kato Kageaki (atr name:Shunto)
- Twenty Sixth Generation: Tozaburo Kato Kagehisa (art name:Shunryu)
- Twenty Seventh Generation: Tozaburo Kato 
 Between 19th and 27th generation, they worked for Owari family as a house kiln.
- Twenty Eighth Generation: Tozaburo Kato Kageyoshi (art name: Tosen)
- Twenty Ninth Generation: Tozaburo Kato 
 His real name was Jiro, art name was Tosen. He became a qualified craftsman approved by the government in 1942.
- Thirtieth Generation: Tozaburo Kato (1910-1987)
 His real name was Toshiro. The oldest son of the 29th generation. After his graduation from Seto Ceramic School in 1927, he succeeded Tozaburo. He was recognized as a protected artist in 1943.
-Thirteen First Generaion: Tozaburo Kato (1948-)
 His real name was Koji. He succeeded the 31th generation Tozaburo in 1991.
He won several prizes in such as Tokai Traditional Crafts Exhibition and  Japanese Traditional Crafts Exhibition.
He was recognized as Intangible cultural properties by Seto city in 2008.
[Oribe ware]
One style of Japanese pottery created in Mino area in Gifu prefecture between the end of 16th century and the early 17th century. One kind of Mino ware.
The history had began in the and of 16th century when Oribe FURUTA, a Japanese feudal lord and a tea master who was a discipline of Sen no Rikyu let potters create tea utensils in his favor. Potters created his favored tea utensils which had unique shapes and paintings. Oribe ware was quite eccentric and original at that time because generally the style of Oribe is deformed and polygon.
The major color of Oribe ware is black, deep green and red. They are decided into Oribe kuro (or Kuro(black) Oribe), Ao(blue) Oribe, Aka (red) Oribe, Shino Oribe and so on depends on color of glazes and other characteristics.
Most of Oribe Kuro (Kuro Oribe) products are chawans, and other Oribe ware are mostly table wares.