A straight, generous tumbler in pale cream clay, the lower body cut by hand into quiet facets. Across it, hidasuki — 'fire cords' — bloom in scarlet: on one side a single stem rising like a flower, on the other a burst of lines radiating out like a firework. They were left where rice straw wrapped the piece burned away in the kiln, and they continue right across the base, which carries the maker's mark. Inside, a glossy flame-orange pool gathers at the centre.
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: 230 ml
Height: 87 mm
Width: 83 mm
Mouth: 83 mm
Weight: 190 g
Fragile by nature and packed for the journey. Ships worldwide from Japan.
