Nestled in the mountains of Nagasaki, near the border with Saga, and surrounded by rice fields and nature is Tanshin Kiln. Founded in 1980 when Nagasaki Yuzuru (長崎譲) desired to work as an independent potter, and branched away from his grandfather's workshop. He sought to refine and perfect the ancient porcelain openwork technique known as hotaru-de in Japan and linglong in China. In standard hotaru-de wares, the open areas are filled with a translucent but cloudy glaze, but Nagasaki-san perfect a technique which produced crystal clear openwork. He called his new style suisho-bori: Crystal Carving.
Yuzuru-san's successor, Tadayoshi (長﨑忠義) is the current head of the kiln and continues to produce Tanshin Kiln's singature crystal carved wares.
