Gyokkou Kiln Tokoname Kyusu – Textured Yakijime Teapot (160 Ml)

Description

An earthy, unglazed tea pot, fired at a very high temperature in a process called Yakijime (literally “firing to be sealed”). This type of firing may involve ultra hot temperatures around 1350 Celsius and firing for up to 2 months.

• TYPE: Tokoname-yaki
• STRAINER: Ceramic mesh
• VOLUME: 160 ml

About the Ceramics Studio: Gyokou 玉光

For over half a century the Umehara family of the Gyokkou Kiln has been making the finest tea ware in Tokoname City.

• 1961 Harutaka Umehara (first generation) establishes a Tokoname ware workshop.
• 1988 Hirotaka Umehara (second generation) established the corporation.
• 2013 Yukitaka Umehara (third generation) appointed as representative director

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