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Tokoname is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.In May 2015 the city had an estimated population of 57.024 and a population density of 1020 persons per km². The total area was 55.89sqkm.GeographyTokoname is located on the western coast of the Chita Peninsula in southern Aichi Prefecture, facing Ise Bay.Neighboring municipalitiesAichi PrefectureChitaAguiMihamaHanda TaketoyoHistoryTokoname has been associated with ceramics production since at least the Heian period, and Tokoname-yaki works from this period have been found in locations as far away as Aomori Prefecture in the north of Japan and Kagoshima prefecture in the south. By the Kamakura period, over 3000 kilns were active. During the Sengoku period, the area came under the control of the Isshiki clan, and later came under the rule of Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi. During the Edo period, the area around present-day Tokoname was part of Owari Domain.