Description
Please enjoy the delicate and gentle texture
Japanese cypress (pestle)
The surrounding gold matatabi motif adds a celebratory touch
and personal connection
soft silhouettes
Onta Ware Hakeme Plate with Circular Pattern - 19 cm - 4 Options / 小鹿田焼 銘々皿 Option:B Please enjoy the delicate andTo 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.