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Tokoname: Fire Kiln Varnished Kyusu by Hirotaka Umehara
Tokoname: Fire Kiln Varnished Kyusu by Hirotaka Umehara
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This Tokoname Kyusu holds around 220ml making it ideal for single infusions. The fine ceramic mesh strainer is suitable for both fine and larger leaf teas.
The pattern and colouration created by the fire within teh kin makes each of these pots unique.
Made by second generation Tamamitsu craftsman Mr. Hirotaka Umehara. In 1988 Mr. Umehara established Tamamitsu Touen Co and in 1997 Built the Anagama kiln (Shiinoki kiln). Master Umehara is certified as a Traditional Craftsman by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan.
- There is a ceramesh (fine ceramic tea strainer) inside
- Size: approx 9cm diameter | 14cm length with handle | 8.5cm height
- Capacity: approx 220ml
- Hand Wash Only
About Tokoname: Located on the west coast of the Chita Peninsula facing Ise Bay, Tokoname City in Aichi Prefecture is known as a pottery town nationwide. Tokoname ware is counted as one of the six oldest kilns in Japan. Pottery has been made here since the 12th century.
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A neat and tactile mid-sized kyusu, pleasant to handle and well-balanced. Not only a tea-pot but a fascinating mini-sculpture, subtly 'kawaii' in shape, texture and quietly variegated colours, with a prehistoric feel.
Partly from its 'yakishime' firing, without added glaze - smoke and flames naturally 'washing and dyeing' the raw clay with the mobile, blasting heat of a traditional wood-fired, single-chamber ('anagama') kiln. Here understated, without accumulated ash, simply flame-scorched as it might have been within the restricted space of an ancient, pre-kiln pit-firing.
Instead of ash the surface of the fine local clay has neat lines of simple wedge indentations circling lid and body like tattoos. A sophisticated take on ancient decoration which brings the pot's surface quietly to life.through eye and touch. Nicely done.