Two vessels, no two marks the same — the same firing, two different records.
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
Piece (left): 65 × 110 mm (mouth 85 mm), 290 ml, 300 g
Piece (right): 65 × 115 mm (mouth 90 mm), 310 ml, 320 g
Fragile by nature and packed for the journey. Ships worldwide from Japan.