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Kokeigama

Nezumi Shinoyaki Chawan

Nezumi Shinoyaki Chawan

鼠志野茶碗

$350.00 AUD
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This beautiful chawan features the distinctive soft grey glaze that gives this style its name – “nezumi” meaning “mouse” in Japanese. The delicate texture of this glaze differs from the rougher touch the other styles of Shinoyaki often produce. The undulating rim and off-even, wabi-sabi shape provides a unique character to the vessel.

One of the best known ceramic styles from the Mino region, shinoyaki chawan are still prized by tea masters today. 

This one of a kind piece comes in a custom wooden box signed by the artist.

Origin

Tajimi, Gifu Prefecture

Kokeigama

Tucked away at the top of a quiet hill in Tajimi, we were very lucky to discover Kokeigama’s kiln, stumbling upon their work in a local ceramic museum in Tajimi. After purchasing one of his Akashino yunomi and learning Wakao-san was a local craftsman, we got the kiln's details from the museum staff and visited the very next day.

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“The beauty of pottery lies in the transformation of clay, a natural product, through fire.”

Lead by the Wakao family, Kokeigama has continued the passionate pursuit of crafting beautiful Shinoyaki and Oribeyaki pieces by hand; two traditional styles of the Gifu region.

Kokeigama aims to blend the beauty of nature with the skill of their potters to create handmade ceramics that can continue to be used in modern day life.