Arita ware (Japanese: 有田焼, Hepburn: Arita-yaki ) is a broad term for Japanese porcelain made in the area around the town of Arita, in the former Hizen Province, northwestern Kyūshū island.
Hachirō Arita ( 有田 八郎, Arita Hachirō; 21 September 1884 – 4 March 1965) was a Japanese politician and diplomat who served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs for three terms.
Arita ( 有田町, Arita-chō) is a town located in Nishimatsuura District, Saga Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 May 2024[update], the town had an estimated population of 18,634 in 7867 households, and a population density of 280 people per km2. [1…
Isao Arita ( 蟻田 功, Arita Isao; 1926 – 17 March 2023) was a Japanese physician, virologist and vaccination specialist who headed the World Health Organization (WHO) Smallpox Eradication Unit in 1977–85.
Bowls of similar shape and decoration are illustrated in Christiaan J. A. Jörg, Fine & Curious: Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, Amsterdam, 2003, p. 170-171, no. 203, 204.