Iksan Baekje Earthenware Island Kiln Site

A yoji, or kiln site, refers to a place where kilns were built for firing porcelain, roof tiles and other vessels. The Iksan Baekje earthenware kiln site lies on the eastern side of Mireuksan Mountain, where two kilns have been excavated. The kilns were found to be semi-underground climbing kilns (deungyo), a tunnel-type kiln with a semicircular ceiling that slopes upward. Wide-mouthed jars (gwanggu-ho), tripod earthenware vessels (samjok toki) and jars were unearthed here. This kiln site provides valuable evidence of the shape of Baekje earthenware from the late Baekje period, and its structure closely resembles that of sixth-century kilns found in Osaka, Japan, making it an important site demonstrating that Japanese pottery-making techniques originated from Baekje.

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Where it is

Region

Iksan, Jeonbuk

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물