This book examines how energy use has evolved with technological advancements and changing social norms and ideas in environmental conservation and productive output in the ceramics-making industry. The four cities or towns of Arita, Hong Kong, Jingdezhen, and Yingge are the settings for this research.

List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Japanese Trade Ceramics in the Premodern Global Trading Space Chapter 2: Interpretations of Japanese Modernity: A Case Study of Japan’s Energy Transition in the Ceramics Industry Chapter 3: Energy Transition in Creative Production: Narratives and Fieldwork about Energy Use in the Ceramics-Making Industries of Hong Kong, Japan, and China Chapter 4: Blue and White Fired Clay in Everyday Lives: An Ecology of Creative Production, Energy Use, and Aesthetics of Arita (With Comparative References to Jingdezhen) Chapter 5: Ideas about Resource Use and the Natural Environment in Pottery-making: A Historical Comparative Case Study of Two Communities in Hong Kong and Japan Chapter 6: Post-Modernism and Pottery-Making: A Case Study of Issues of Artistic Production, Environmental Awareness and Energy Use in Hong Kong with Comparative References to China and Japan Chapter 7: Negotiating the Narrative of the “Last Frontier”: A Case Study of a Fourth-Generation Hong Kong Potter and his Art as well as Environmental and Ethical Consciousness through Non-Governmental Initiatives in Myanmar (Burma) Chapter 8: Shek Kip Mei’s Artistic Green Village Chapter 9: Fieldwork in Arita: The Ecology of the Town, its People, the Natural Environment, and its Energy Use Chapter 10: A History of Jingdezhen Kilns, Its Development, and Energy Use (With Comparative References to Arita) Chapter 11: Yingge – The Town, Its Developmental History, and Energy Use Conclusion Bibliography