Tea Ware

The first thing you notice is the weight. A clay body warm from the rinse water, a lid held steady with the thumb, th...

The tools look modest when they are laid out together: a bamboo Matcha whisk, or chasen, beside a wide Matcha bowl, o...

Shigaraki Ware: Japan's Ancient Ash-Glazed Pottery Before you fill a Shigaraki teapot with water, hold it a moment. ...

Echizen Pottery: Japan's Quietest Ancient Kiln Tradition Echizen ware may be the most understated of Japan's Six Anc...

Takatori Ware: The Tea Ceremony Kiln of Fukuoka's Enshu Tradition Takatori ware has one of the clearest purposes of ...

Tamba Ware and the Six Ancient Kilns Deep in the mountains of Hyogo Prefecture, roughly thirty kilometres north of t...

Banko Ware: Japan's Heat-Retaining Purple Clay Teapot Tradition Pick up a Banko teapot and the first thing you notic...

Seto Ware: The Kiln Town That Named All Japanese Ceramics There is a word in Japanese — seto-mono (瀬戸物) — that means...

Hagi Ware: The Pottery That Changes Colour Over a Lifetime of Tea A Hagi chawan holds the colour of pale cream when ...

Mino ware is the broad ceramic tradition of Japan's Mino region in Gifu Prefecture, and it matters for two very diffe...

Bizen Pottery: Japan's Unglazed, Iron-Rich Ancient Ceramic Tradition No glaze. No pigment. No decoration applied to ...

Kutani Ware: Japan's Most Vividly Painted Porcelain There is nothing subtle about Kutani. A Kutani yunomi arrives in...