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Wares produced in Owari after the time of the fourth Tōshiro are included in the term Nochi-gama (subsequent kiln). Certain special varieties of these call for brief notice.

To the initiative of the celebrated Chajin Furuta Oribe is attributed the establishment (1573–1592) of a factory at Narumi, where were produced, under his personal direction, sixty-six tea-jars of special excellence, one for each province in Japan. To these alone originally belonged the name Oribe-yaki, but the term subsequently received a wider signification, being applied to all pottery manufactured at the Narumi factory. The characteristics of this ware are sugary white, buff, sage green, and salmon pink glazes, used alone or in combination. The varying thickness of the green glaze often produces the effect of blue mottling or streaking. Light brown glaze is also found. There is coarse crackle. Decoration of an archaic character is frequently added, the pigment used being invariably dark brown (shibu). A favourite design is plum petals among latticed bars, that being the badge of the Oribe family. This Oribe-yaki,