A low, wide cup almost entirely flushed with deep persimmon red, like the sky just after sunset. Here and there the pale sand clay shows through in soft-edged patches — places the flame never quite reached — so the colour seems to drift around the bowl. The rim and the rounded handle took on a gentle gloss in the fire. Inside, the warmth gathers toward the centre, where a small spiral was left by the maker's hand.
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: 62 mm
Width: 120 mm (including handle)
Mouth: 82 mm
Weight: 190 g
Fragile by nature and packed for the journey. Ships worldwide from Japan.
