Kyushu, the center of Japanese porcelain

Geographically, the manufacture of porcelain was more dispersed and Japan then China, where most of the porcelain was made in the city one of Jingdezhen, in Jiangxi Province. Similarly, however, the center of the Japanese porcelain industry could be said to have been located on the southern island of Kyushu. The largest city in Kyushu is Arita, while the larger nearby port was called Imari. These are the two biggest names in the history of Japanese export porcelain. When it comes to quality and artistic merit, the picture is more complicated infinetly.