窯元(かまもと)

かまもと
noun
pottery (workshop); kiln; potter
artculture
1. pottery workshop with its own kiln; potter
A place where pottery is fired and made, or the potter or family that runs it.
窯元(かまもと)を訪(たず)ねる。
To visit a pottery workshop.
この町(まち)には窯元(かまもと)が三十軒(さんじゅっけん)ほどある。
There are about thirty potteries in this town.
窯元(かまもと)で陶芸(とうげい)体験(たいけん)をして、自分(じぶん)だけの茶碗(ちゃわん)を作(つく)った。
I tried pottery at a kiln workshop and made a rice bowl of my own.

窯(かま) (kiln) + 元(もと) (origin, source). Pottery towns such as 有田(ありた), 益子(ましこ) and 瀬戸(せと) are known for their many 窯元(かまもと), many of them run by the same family for generations.

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Compare: 陶芸家(とうげいか) (ceramic artist)
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