Auspicious Akae Faceted Side Plate MAKER_Toshito Nakamura highlighting its unique texture

highlighting its unique texture

Flowers and hummingbirds are a favorite motif for everybody

These Japanese small plates are decorated with pretty flowers from one of the popular “brilliant flower" series by Atelier Yu

this cup allows the sake to take center stage

Auspicious Akae Faceted Side Plate MAKER_Toshito Nakamura highlighting its unique textureThis side plate draws the eye with its unique silhouette, inspired by the tagasode motif, which depicts a beautiful kimono draped over a traditional clothing rack. The graceful curves are created using a traditional technique known as kata uchi, in which a slab of clay is pressed into a plaster mold to form its shape. The decoration is rendered in akae, using Zoho Kilns specially developed natural bengara pigment, prepared from a bengara material no