Yunomi, Tea Cup, Mashiko-yaki, by Tagami Munetoshi. Ji-gusuri (whitish gray glaze) dojou-guro (loach eel black) & gosu (blue) glazes. H. 3.25"(8cm) x Dia. 3"(7.5cm). Volume = 6oz(180cc.) Tagami Munetoshi (b. 1972) is the son of Tagami Isamu and grandson of Sudo Takeo. He is the 5th generation of potters in Mashiko’s Hinatagama (Hinata Kiln) founded during the Meiji Period (1868-1912) by Sudo Yujiro...

Naoki Kojima Karatsu Black Plum Flower Guinomi (sake cup)

Ceramics artist Kojima Naoki (b. 1962) works in Sogen Kiln located in the town of Karatsu creating his pieces entirely from earth and natural colours.

Naoki Kojima opened a Karatsu ceramics store at the age of 18.
Held first single exhibition at 21 and decided to pursue ceramics. Later he opened his own studio and a kiln.
His areas of specialty are Chosen Karatsu, Kairagi, and Iro Chawan...

Looking something akin to dragon skin with gilded beads glistening between the scales, this recent creation by young artist Hiramatsu Ryoma demonstrates his creative imagination and challenges the traditional boundaries of what defines a guinomi (Saké cup)...

Yunomi, Tea Cups, Mashiko-yaki, by Tagami Isamu of Hinata Kiln. Faceted sides, Kaki (persimmon) glaze on exterior, White Nuka (rice husk ash) glazed interior, with red & green overglaze enamel decoration of sugar cane and stripes. H.3.25"(8.25cm) x Dia.3.25"(8.25cm,) Volume=8.5oz (250cc.) Tagami Isamu was born in 1947 in Mooka, a village neighboring to Mashiko. He married into the Sudo family and apprenticed under Sudo Takeo...

This sake cup is covered by white mud and clear glaze. The highlight and charm of Kohiki is that skin of piece becomes to change as using. Size: 8.5cm (D) 4.3cm(H) Accessary: wooden box signed by the artist

Ash-glaze and blasted with fire color of foggy green and yellow shizen yu glaze ,in this sake set showing the secret to the Furutani family's pottery. Each piece enclosed in the original signed wooden box (titled Shigaraki Tokkuri and Iga Guinomi respectively).   
Size, The Tokkuri: is W 9.8  cm ( 3.8 inches)  H 12.9  cm (5.1 inches)  Guinomi: is W 6.9  cm ( 2.7 inches)  H 5.8  cm ( 2.3 inches) 
Condition, Excellent 
Kazuya (b...

Tea Cup, Yunomi, by Tagami Isamu of Hinata Kiln, Mashiko, Tochigi Prefecture. Kaki-yu ("persimmon" glaze) with Aka-e (overglaze red enamel.) 8 Faceted sides. One facet features the broken sugar cane motif in homage to the image made famous by Hamada Shoji, who taught Isamu's father. H.3.375"(8.5cm) x Dia.3"(7.5cm.) Tagami Isamu was born in 1947 in Mooka, a village neighboring to Mashiko. He married into the Sudo family and apprenticed under Sudo Takeo...

JUNRI HAMADA is one of the high-skilled pottery artist in Mino famous pottery production center. Especially focused on KISETO (yellow&green glaze). This piece is created with the new clay found near by his kiln. SIZE:6.8cm(D)/4.6cm(H) ACCESSORY: wooden box with signature by the artist

Yunomi, Tea Cup, Porcelain with underglaze blue painting (uroko-mon, fish scale pattern,) by Kathy Lusher; Seattle, WA. H.3"(7.5cm) x Dia.3"(7.5cm) Volume=200ml(6.75 oz.) Kathy Lusher makes functional ceramics of an exceptional quality. The porcelain bodies and blue-green tinge to her hand-mixed glaze recipes create the ideal background to view the color of Japanese green tea...

Shinogi (faceted) Soba Choko (Noodle dipping sauce cup) or Tea Cup, with Yellow slip, by Hanako Nakazato; Union, Maine and Karatsu, Japan. H. 2.625"(6.5cm) x Dia. 3.75"(9.5cm.) Hanako Nakazato is a 14th generation potter from Japan. The Nakazato family is a well-known pottery family in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, with the 12th generation Nakazato Taroemon being designated a National Living Treasure for Karatsu ceramics. Hanako moved to the US at age 16 to pursue her education...

Looking something akin to dragon skin with gilded beads glistening between the scales, this recent creation by young artist Hiramatsu Ryoma demonstrates his creative imagination and challenges the traditional boundaries of what defines a guinomi (Saké cup)...

Waisted style yunomi glazed in a rich Oribe style glaze; the left yunomi with impressed designs around and the right yunomi with underglaze "walking spirals" designs

Stoneware, slips and glazes

Each approximately 4.25" X 3.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Ame glazed yunomi (unomi), teacup with rozome style cobalt decoration of spirals

Stoneware, glaze and overglaze

4" X 4"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Yunomi, Tea Cup, Mashiko-yaki, by Tagami Munetoshi. Rou nuki-e (wax resist) Kaki (persimmon) glaze exterior, with Nuka (rice husk ash) glazed interior. H. 3.5"(9cm) x Dia...

Once again Abe Anjin has lived up to our expectations in this colorful Sake cups with his most sought after style of saishoku colors. It comes wrapped with the original stamped wrapping cloth enclosed in the original wooden box titled Saishoku Bizen Shuki and in turn enclosed in a black lacquered wooden box also stamped by the artist.
Size (Chicken), D 7.1 cm H 7.2 cm
Size (Fuji-san), D 6.8 cm H 7.1 cm
Condition, Excellent
Born in Osaka in 1938, the mysterious reclus...

Tea Cup, Yunomi. Kai Glaze Exterior, White Glaze Interior, Iron Rim. John Miller; Portland, OR. H. 3.25"(8.25cm) x Dia. 3.0"(7.75cm.) Vol. 8oz (240cc.) John Salgir Miller was born in Elmira, NY, in 1974 and earned his BFA in ceramics and illustration from the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. He has been inspired the mingei aesthetic and by the work of Shoji Hamada since he began studying ceramics in high school. While at Mass Art studying under Ben Ryterband (who spent time studying potte...

Wood-fired Guinomi, Sake Cup, by John Benn; Harstine Island, WA. Shino Glaze. H. 2.00"(5cm) x Dia. 2.5"(6.5cm.) John Benn studied with F. Carleton Ball and Ken Stevens at the U. of Puget Sound in Tacoma, and with Howard Shapiro and Sandra Simon in the MFA Program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1976, he built his first wood kiln. Now, he and his wife, Colleen Gallagher, make wood-fired pottery among the pristine forests of Harstine Island at the South End of Puget Sound in ...

Jovian Storms neriage teacup, yunomi (unomi) of contrasting white, grey, charcol elements

Porcelain and glaze

4.25" X 4.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe