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Echizen (越前国; -no kuni) was an Old Province of Japan , which is today the northern part of Fukui Prefecture . Echizen is famous for Washi (traditionally-produced paper). A text dated AD 774 mentions the washi made in this area. Echizen-produced Washi is still the most commonly sold traditional paper in Japan today. Echizen is also well known for its Ceramics . It is one of the so called six old Kiln sites of Japan (the others being Shigaraki , Bizen , Seto , Tamba , and Tokoname ) and as such it is highly revered in the Japanese and international ceramics community. The ancient capital is believed to have been near Takefu , but by the Sengoku period the province was divided among many fiefs and in the Edo Period the Daimyo maintained their seat at Fukui city. EXTERNAL LINKS |