A round, generous cup in warm caramel clay with a soft natural sheen. On one side, wood ash fell thick in the kiln and melted into a pale, glassy veil — in Bizen this is called goma, 'sesame' — with slow drips frozen mid-run toward the foot. The handle is pinched and twisted like a ribbon, and inside, the throwing spiral is dusted with fine ash.
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: 160 ml
Height: 72 mm
Width: 120 mm (including handle)
Mouth: 80 mm
Weight: 200 g
Fragile by nature and packed for the journey. Ships worldwide from Japan.
