The Eisei Bunko Museum has a wide range of Japanese ceramics in its collection. Like Yatsushiro ware, which was first produced in Koda, in the city of Yatsushiro in Kumamoto Prefecture by a potter named Sonkai (Agano Kizo). Invited by Hosokawa Tadaoki, the second head of the Hosokawa family, Sonkai took up this practice. Yatsushiro ware was known for its decorative technique where a design is inlaid with clay onto the body of the ceramic object. The ware was a popular gift for the shogun's envoys as a product of the official kiln patronized by the Kumamoto clan. Kawai Kanjiro (1890 - 1966) was a potter active from the Taisho to Showa periods. His early works were inspired by the study of ancient Chinese ceramics, in particular Kanjiro was attracted by the collection of Chinese ceramics of Hosokawa Moritatsu (1883 - 1970) who is the founder of the Eisei Bunko Museum. Kanjiro joined the "Mingei Movement", bringing a significant change in his style. Eisei Bunko presents for the first time in about 20 years in this exhibition the Yatsushiro ceramics in comparison with the works of Kawai Kanjiro.