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Kato san would help his family by buying and mixing clays — a task so ordinary he never questioned it
5 cm x 6cm(Height)
making it both a functional and decorative piece
Substantial at 16cm
akin to a blossoming flower bud
Onta Ware Tobikanna Ivory Bowl - 15 cm / 小鹿田焼 12983701 Kato san would help hisTo 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.
