Hours

10:00a.m. - 4:00p.m.

ClosedMondays and Tuesdays(open on public holidays)
Year-end and New Year holidays

Public Interest Incorporated AssociationZezeyaki Museum
Zeze ware Museum

Welcome to our garden and tearoomAdmission fee

General …… 1,000 yen
High school students or less … 600 yen
・Admission fee includes matcha green tea and sweets.
・Discount is available for a group of 5 visitors andmore (900 yen per person). Reserve us as much as
you can.

Zezeyaki (Zeze ware) Museum was established in 1987 for opening to the public oldZezeyaki, old tea ware, and tea utensils ownedby the Iwasaki family from the Edo period.

Rental event space
You can rent a part of our facility forcultural activities (there are someconditions). Please contact us for thedetails.
Credit card

Not available

Smoking

Not available

We regularly display old Zezeyaki and occasionally hold a special exhibition. There aretea rooms and a Japanese garden here and weorganize tea gatherings by using valuable ourmuseum items. You are always welcome here.

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琵琶湖文化館
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県道18号線

光源寺

京阪
膳所

京阪電鉄

駐車場

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神高速琵

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大Also, our hall is available for tea gatherings,
personal exhibitions, and workshops.

橋膳所公園
創価学会
滋賀文化会館
市営駐車場

膳所焼美 術館線

粟津NIHO

石山

京阪石山

国道1号線

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1 minute walk from Kawaragahama Station,on the Keihan Ishiyama-Sakamoto Line

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10 minutes from Meishin Expressway Otsu Interchange
Parking : 2 free parking spaces are available

Public Interest Incorporated AssociationZezeyaki Museum
1-22-28 Nakanosho, Otsu, Shiga, Japan 520-0837

TEL/FAX. 077- 523- 1118

膳所光悦茶碗

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信楽焼茶碗瀧川Japanese pottery created by a load,developed by local people is … Zezeyaki (Zeze ware)

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Zezeyaki (Zeze ware) is a type of Japanese pottery from Otsu, Shiga.
It is said that Zezeyaki was established in 17c at the Sagami River mouth by Sadayoshi Suganuma, theload of Zeze domain. He was one of the students of Enshu Kobori who was known as an artist and a masterof the tea ceremony.
After Sadayoshi Suganuma transferred to another domain, by the new load Tadafusa Ishikawa, Zezeyaki
supported by Enshu Kobori was used to provide tea for the 3rd Shogun Iemitsu Tokugawa and it becamefamous tea ware in Japan.
After that, Zezeyaki temporarily declined. However, Bairin ware by Ihe Odawaraya in the Tenmei period(18c), and Suzumegadani ware by Kiemon Inoue in the Bunsei period (19c) started as one style of Zezeyaki.
In 1919, a Zeze local Kenzo Iwasaki revived Zeze yaki with the help of a painter Shunkyo Yamamoto
and a Kyo ware potter Tozan Ito.
Afterward, through the efforts of Kenzo and his son Shinjo Iwasaki, this tradition of Zezeyaki has been
passed on to another generation and developed in this town.
In our museum, we display many tea wares such as old Zezeyaki water jugs, containers for powdered tea,
pottery in Shiga prefecture, tea utensils, and hanging scrolls.
We hope you have fun coming and seeing our Japanese garden with matcha green tea here.

Museum Director

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