White Slip Iron Line Tokusa Rice Bowl Blue - Crafted By Shinji Akane Mug Kouichi Maekawa works in Shiga

Kouichi Maekawa works in Shiga

slight variations in glaze tone and surface are the mark of a true handmade object

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this sake cup carries the mark of a practiced brush — the pattern applied one piece at a time

and the finish given the care that Japanese craft consistently delivers

White Slip Iron Line Tokusa Rice Bowl Blue - Crafted By Shinji Akane Mug Kouichi Maekawa works in ShigaThe iron rich glaze on this bowl deepens toward the foot and pools where the form curves inward. In your hands it reads differently depending on the light dark and weighty in shadow, warmer where it catches the sun. Shinji Akane forms and fires each bowl by hand in Japan, working at a pace that allows every piece to receive full attention. What you hold is the result of that care a bowl made to be used and to last. Japanese ceramics have been