Tajimi

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      city, Gifu ken (prefecture), central Honshu, Japan. It lies along the Toki River, northeast of Nagoya.

      Tajimi has long been known for its ceramic industry. During the 16th century, kilns were established at the foot of Mount Takatori, where captured Korean potters produced a white glazed pottery renamed Takatori ware (but now better known as Mino ware, for Mino province, which constituted part of what now is Gifu prefecture). In 1930 a native of Tajimi, Arakawa Toyozō, rediscovered some Mino kiln sites nearby and helped to revive the old processes. (In 1955 the Japanese government honoured Arakawa by naming him one of the nation's Living National Treasures.) Modern Tajimi is a major producer of ceramic tile and dinnerware. Tajimi contains the Prefectural Ceramic Art Institute and the Showroom of Ancient Pottery. Pop. (2005) 114,876.

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