Onta Ware Hakeme Round Tea Cup - Dark Green / 小鹿田焼 湯呑み n18.12.25 ◾ Size: 8

◾ Size: 8

The Kisshō Kachō (吉祥花鳥) series celebrates motifs of good fortune

■ Size: 8 × 8

depicting power

■ Colour: White (Teapot and Teacup)

Onta Ware Hakeme Round Tea Cup - Dark Green / 小鹿田焼 湯呑み n18.12.25 ◾ Size: 8To reach the village of Onta ware, you travel into the mountains of Hita, Oita Prefecture. Before seeing the kilns, you hear them. The soft, rhythmic sound of karausu traditional water powered wooden mills echoes through the valley as they slowly crush the local clay. It is a sound that seems to belong to the landscape itself, and a sign that you have arrived in Sarayama, the small pottery village where Onta ware has been made for around 300 years.