The name of these wares is coming from a place named Kutani, (9 valleys) a remote village in Ishikawa Prefecture in the northern part of the main Japanese island.
However, the origin of pottery in Daishoji Han goes back to the end of the 16 century in a small place called Suizaka. Suizaka is a small village between Daishoji and Yamashiro in Enuma Gun.
Enuma Gun, was the domain of a Samurai called Yamaguchi Manebu. Manebu was found of tea ceremony and for this purpose he brought back from0