Nami ni Usagi - Rabbit on the Waves Kyo-yaki Chawan

Name: Nami ni Usagi - Rabbit on the Waves Kyo-yaki Chawan
Brand: Ono Shihō
SKU: US-M373
Price: 88.00 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Ono Shihō

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$88.00

This elegant and adorable Kyo-yaki chawan (matcha bowl) is decorated with a pair of white rabbits leaping over blue waves in a pattern called nami usagi (波兎), which is thought to bring good luck. The bowl is made in the classic wan-nari shape that is comfortable to hold and easy to whisk in, making it suitable for both beginners and masters alike.

This chawan was made by Shihō Ono (小野志峰). Born in 1980, this young potter has specialised in Kyo-yaki since 2001.

There are many styles of chawan produced in the Kyōto area and few are as synonymous with the term Kyō-yaki (京焼 - Kyōto wares) as the colourful overglaze painted styles. While there is no agreed upon term for the general Kyōto style, the term iro-e ( 色絵 - colourful paintings) refers to the technique of overglaze painting. Unlike the painted styles detailed above which used iron pigments applied underneath a transparent glaze, overglaze decoration uses enamels applied on top of the glaze. This allows for much more colourful and detailed designs and images. The development of this style can be traced to three individual potters. Nonomura Ninsei (野々村仁清) and his student Ogata Kenzan (尾形乾山) pioneered the style in the early-mid Edo period. Later in the 1700s, Okuda Eisen (奥田頴川) introduced porcelain technology to Kyōto which made overglaze painting easier.