Seto ware
![Water jar, clay covered with glaze and iron-brown splashes and black lacquer cover (yellow Seto ware) from the 17th century Momoyama or Edo period (Metropolitan Museum of Art)](/Images/godic/202502/10/Yellow_Seto_ware_water_jar,_17th_century,_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art,_17.118.81a,b3448.JPG")
![Stoneware tea caddy with wood-ash and iron glazes from the early 19th century Edo period (Walters Art Museum)](/Images/godic/202502/10/Japanese_-_Tea_Caddy_-_Walters_4911763448.jpg")
Seto ware(瀬戸焼Seto-yaki) refers to a type of Japanese pottery, stoneware, and ceramics produced in and around the village of Seto in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The Japanese term for it, setomono, is also used as a generic term for all pottery. Seto was the location of one of the Six Ancient Kilns of Japan.