This remarkable guinomi (sake cup) was made by a potter named Tsujimura Shiro, who was born in 1947, in Nara prefecture. Tsujimura Shiro is a well known artist who first studied painting in Tokyo before going into pottery. After having spent a year in a Zen Buddhist temple, he came back to Nara and established his own kiln...

This wonderful set of one tokkuri (sake pouring vessel) and one shuhai (sake cup) was made by a potter named Yoshimoto Tadashi, born in the city of Bizen in 1943. Yoshimoto Tadashi is a recognized artist, recipient of several awards and has exposed in many venues in Japan. His work was also selected to be presented in France in 1997...

This splendid shuhai (sake cup) is part of a series of mostly antique and vintage items that we recovered from the storehouse of a retired construction contractor. His house is located in the southern part of Kyoto, where buildings from the Edo and Meiji periods still stand. His son not being interested in inheriting his father's collection, we were asked to take them out, and we are now able to present them to you at very attractive prices...

This wonderful set of 5 mukozuke was made by a Bizen potter named Shibaoka Koichi. Mukozuke are small dishes used to serve refined food during a Japanese tea ceremony. These are made in the Bizen style of pottery, a more than one thousand year old tradition, characterized by a usually reddish, strong ironlike body, which is traditionally unglazed but may feature ash glaze from wood firing.

Shibaoka Koichi was born in Okayama prefecture in 1941...

This splendid yunomi (tea cup) was made by a master craftsman named Naoki Tomojiro (1903-2000). Trained as a painter, the artist entered the world of ceramic at the age of 61 and did not stop making potteries until the age of 95...