Craftsman Fujii Kinsai’s decorative plates of Imari-yaki (Arita-yaki) The porcelains of Imari (Arita) ware has the various airs. Luxury, gorgeous, elegant, and wabi-sabi. No other porcelain in Japan expresses the whole beauty of Japanese art as Imari-yaki. Because it is the oldest porcelain in Japan. The Imari ware was born in 16th century. Though […]
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Yoshikin’s Global cutleries, sets and sharpners Tsubame-sanjo area is located at the center of Niigata Prefecture. The area where it has heavy snow in winter is famous for an industry, cutlery. One of the popular brand “Tojiro” is the product of the place. But Tsubame-sanjo has a best Japanese kitchen knife “Global”.
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Nousaku’s beautiful and unique metal (tin) wind bells for sale on Amazon A quality metal chimes a good sound. The sounds of the tin wind chimes made by Nousaku are lyric but calm. Sounds good? As you see the silhouettes, it has various shapes. The difference of the shapes makes the different sounds.
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Imari ware (Arita ware) guinomi and tokkuri drinking ware Since the taste of sake water is really delicate flavor, you would get a sense of the difference of the drinking ware. The Japanese ceramic sake cups and bottles fit for sake after all. The surface of the Imari ware is mellow and
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Traditional Edo-kiriko sake cups of Japanese glass tableware Cold and clear sake water really goes well with a crystal glassware, I think. The traditional Japanese cut glass Edo-kiriko certainly makes your sake more taste good. As the name shows, Edo-kiriko developed in the townsman culture of Edo City (today’s Tokyo). They preferred the mind
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The traditional and creative tin sake cups (guinomi) and vessels (katakuchi) of Nousaku Those who have taste for drinking often are particular about the vessels too. Because they know that the good cups and bottles make the water more delicious. So is Japanese sake cups. Takaoka City in Toyama Prefecture where NOUSAKU CORPORATION
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Kutani-yaki pottery and porcelain teaware for sale at Amazon I think one of the pleasures to use Kutani ware is feeling its touch of the surface. It is true that the fine paintings attract our eyes, but the small elevation is too good to miss. That results from the coloring of Kutani-yaki, which is less common
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Luxury traditional Japanese Kutani-yaki ceramic vases The Kutani ware vases even have various figures. All kinds of colors, sizes, patterns, and shapes. When you get near to the vase and watch carefully, you would notice that it is more delicate. That is due to the unique way to color the ceramics. Ishikawa Prefecture,
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Drinking green tea with Kutani china yunomi (Japanese tea cup) Yunomi, a traditional Japanese tea cup, doesn’t have any handle, unlike Western. So that means we hold the yunomi cups directly. The touch of the ceramic is one of the important points to choose. When we hold the Kutani yunomi, we can enjoy the fine
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Fujii Kinsai’s Japanese craftsmanship for the traditional Imari (Arita) hand painted vases When you look for an Imari (Arita) ware vase for a special gift, don’t you feel difficult to choose from them? At such time, I really recommend the works of Fujii Kinsai. I’m sure he will become the representive Imari ware craftsman in the
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