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Also known as: 登窯

A climbing-kiln design that uses a slope to link multiple firing chambers in a staircase arrangement. The kiln remains at Takahama in Amakusa Town, designated a National Historic Site as the Takahama Ware Kiln Site and Ash Field, used this design to fire porcelain.

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