A hand-formed reddish sake cups with a playful ‘Kappa’ (or Japanese imaginary creature) sitting on the bottom!
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Kasama-Yaki Pottery’s Sake Cup (Ibaraki)
A white sake cup with ‘Haku-Retsu Mon’ (or glaze break decoration) which is created by glaze shrinkage!
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Iga-Yaki Pottery’s Sake Cup (Mie)
An unglazed sake cup with ‘Yohen’ (or happy accidents) by natural glaze created during firing in the kiln!
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Echizen-Yaki Pottery’s Sake Cup (Fukui)
A thin and light sake cup formed with the certified local clay and applied with ‘Irabo’ (or greenish mottled) glaze!
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Shigaraki-Yaki Pottery’s Sake Cup (Shiga)
A warm-looking unglazed sake cup with the flavor of the clay and with the scorches created by firing carbonized!
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Taisha-Yaki Pottery’s Sake Cup (Ishikawa)
An upright sake cup decorated with a pattern of ‘Shinyo-de’ (or a natural leaf) which becomes glaze during firing!
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Seto-Yaki Pottery’s Sake Cup (Aichi)
A low profile ‘Kiseto’ (or Yellow Seto) sake cup decorated with incised lines and ‘Tanpan’ (or green marks)!
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Seto-Yaki Pottery’s Sake Cup (Aichi)
A wavy-lipped sake cup with traditional green ‘ Oribe’ (or one of the typical styles) with iron-glazed paintings and fine crackle!
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Shodai-Yaki Pottery’s Sake Cup (Kumamoto)
A throwing-marked sake cup with the beautiful runs of straw-ash glaze over the black-glazed body in the traditional Shodai’s style!
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Mashiko-Yaki Pottery’s sake-ware (Tochigi)
A contemporary sake cup decorated with a two-toned pattern in slant ‘Senbori’ (or incised lines) technique!
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