A round, softly bellied cup in pale cream clay, swept with bright persimmon orange. These are hidasuki — 'fire cords' — where rice straw wrapped around the piece burned away in the kiln and left the clay beneath glowing scarlet: a long diagonal ribbon on one side, a broad warm blush on the other, and a band of colour running down into the bowl. The handle fired to a glossy orange and is combed with a diagonal twist along its spine.
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: 200 ml
Height: 68 mm
Width: 115 mm (including handle)
Mouth: 73 mm
Weight: 180 g
Fragile by nature and packed for the journey. Ships worldwide from Japan.
