A small, rounded cup in smoky grey-brown, crossed by fine lines of flame orange. These are hidasuki — 'fire cords' — left where rice straw was wrapped around the piece before firing; the straw burned away and the clay beneath turned to scarlet. The grooved handle takes a warm amber tone and ends in a small curl at its base, and throwing rings spiral down into the bowl.
Unglazed Bizen stoneware, wood-fired in one continuous firing near Bizen, Okayama (GPS 34.7456°N, 134.1894°E). Its colour and markings are kiln transformation (yōhen) — the record of earth and flame in a single moment, not a pattern anyone chose. One of a kind, shaped by human hands, and impossible to reproduce. Traceable to the kiln that made it.
Dimensions
Capacity: 100 ml
Height: 62 mm
Width: 110 mm (including handle)
Mouth: 70 mm
Weight: 120 g
Fragile by nature and packed for the journey. Ships worldwide from Japan.
