Onta Ware Tobikanna Ivory Bowl - 12 cm - A / 小鹿田焼 深皿 T370-2835-CAU delicately adorning the cup's surface

delicately adorning the cup's surface

The clean and crisp colour not only complements any setting but also serves as a symbol of purity and tranquillity

including bamboo incense and standard sticks up to 5mm in diameter

Yutaka Ono

a respected Bizen kiln known for its thoughtful balance between tradition and contemporary form

Onta Ware Tobikanna Ivory Bowl - 12 cm - A / 小鹿田焼 深皿 T370-2835-CAU delicately adorning the cup's surfaceTo 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.