This exceptional chawan (tea bowl) was made by Hamada Shoji (1894-1978), who is without doubt the best known Japanese potter. His influence on the world of ceramics, not only in Japan but throughout the world makes him a true icon of contemporary pottery...

Here is a beautiful Shigaraki ware set for sencha. Unlike matcha (powdered tea), the tea for sencha is simmered and the leaves are not ground. It is by far the most drunk tea in Japan, and it is usually enjoyed in informal settings.

This particular set is made in the Shigaraki style of pottery and contains 7 pieces: one tea pot, one yuzamashi (vessel to cool the water) and five cups.

Shigaraki is one of the oldest pottery traditions in Japan...

This very fine sake set 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...

This magnificent tsubo (jar) was made by a Bizen master potter named Nishimura Shunko (1886-1953). Nishimura Shunko was born in Kyoto. He established his kiln in Inbe a subdivision of the town of Bizen, located in Okayama prefecture (ancient Bizen province), in 1909.

Bizen is one of the six oldest remaining Japanese pottery traditions. In that town, for more than one thousand years, potters have been producing a sober yet strong looking wood fired ceramic...

This splendid chaire (tea caddy) 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.

This particular piece is made in the Seto pottery tradition...

Here is magnificent example of the beauty of Raku ware, a pottery tradition born more than 400 years ago in the ancient Japanese capital of Kyoto, from the collaboration between great tea master Sen Rikyu (1522-1591) and a potter named Chojiro ( - 1592), the forebear of the great Raku family of potters...

This attractive chaire (tea caddy) 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...

This beautiful set of five kashizara (confectionary plate) 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...

This sublime bonsai hachi (pot for bonsai) 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...

Chawan (tea bowls) made by Deguchi Onisaburo have a special place in the world of tea ceremony vessels, not only because they were made by an exceptional man, but also because they have such unique auras.

Deguchi Onisaburo was born in 1871, and though he is mainly remembered as having been a colorful leader of the Omoto religious sect, and the spiritual teacher of Aikido founder Ueshiba Morihei, the remarkable works of art (calligraphies, paintings, poems, potteries…) he has left have co...

Chawan (tea bowls) made by Deguchi Onisaburo have a special place in the world of tea ceremony vessels, not only because they were made by an exceptional man, but also because they have such unique auras.

Deguchi Onisaburo was born in 1871, and though he is mainly remembered as having been a colorful leader of the Omoto religious sect, and the spiritual teacher of Aikido founder Ueshiba Morihei, the remarkable works of art (calligraphies, paintings, poems, potteries…) he has left have co...

This exquisite guinomi (sake cup) was produced by an artist who has influenced contemporary Japanese pottery like very few others; Kitaoji Rosanjin (1883-1959). Rosanjin devoted his entire life to the studies of art and the creation of beauty and was an accomplished artist whose work encompasses many genres of fine arts from calligraphy to ceramics. In the case of pottery, it is said that whatever Rosanjin would made could be used for the highly refined Japanese tea ceremony...