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context: ceramics
Edo Period
There is the odd exception before, but this is when potters started to be known and collected by name. It's also when potters started making items with no utilitarian purpose, including by copying other forms, such as fans. After the great fashion for tea ware from Rikyu's time, the elite gradually lost interest in these subtle, rustic items, and the great kilns responded accordingly.