Baek pa seon biography for kids

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    • Mother of Japan’s Arita ware to get statue in Icheon

    A statue of Baek Pa-sun, a Korean ceramic artisan who helped give birth to Japan’s porcelain production in the city of Arita. [YONHAP]

    ICHEON, Gyeonggi - An industry group of Korean ceramic artists said Sunday it will set up a statue of a Korean ceramic artisan revered for helping give birth to Japan’s first domestic porcelain production in the city of Arita on Japan’s southwestern main island of Kyushu.

    The potter is Baek Pa-sun (1560-1656). She is a legendary female potter who blazed the trail for what is now known as Arita ware in Japan.

    A delegation of the Korean Ceramics Art Association in Icheon, south of Seoul, and the Baek Pasun Memorial Society will visit the Japanese city on April 29 to unveil the statue at a gallery named after the potter.

    The installation of the 1.9-meter (6.2-foot) statue at Gallery Baekpasun is timed to coincide with a ceramics festival in Arita.

    Ahn Seok-young, a ceramics artist in Yeoj