A tumbler with a softly flaring rim and a foot cut by hand into facets, its pale sand clay crossed by a bold X of scarlet. These are hidasuki — 'fire cords' — where rice straw was tied around the piece before firing; the straw burned away and left its knot drawn in flame. On the far side the colour floods across the body to a deep persimmon, glossy where it meets the faceted foot. Inside, throwing rings spiral down to a small, glassy pool of red 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: 210 ml
Height: 97 mm
Width: 87 mm
Mouth: 75 mm
Weight: 220 g
Fragile by nature and packed for the journey. Ships worldwide from Japan.
