Deep bowls from the Incipient Jomon era (11 000 – 7 000 BCE). From Hinamiyama site at Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa. Lent by Yokohama City Board of Education, Kanagawa. Tokyo National Museum.

The pottery vessels crafted in Ancient Japan during the Jōmon period are generally accepted to be the oldest pottery in Japan and among the oldest in the world.