TAMURA SEITO Kutani ware Sake Cup - Jumping Rabbit / 九谷焼 盃 dad washi paper

washi paper

Original user manual in Japanese x 1

with subtle variations in colour and form reflecting the character of the kiln and the hand that made it

so this cup is designed for bottom-up

"雷神" - Raijin

TAMURA SEITO Kutani ware Sake Cup - Jumping Rabbit / 九谷焼 盃 dad washi paperA footed sake cup by Seito Tamura(), one of only two people in Japan still practising Kutani brush written micro calligraphy, known as mhitsu saiji(). [Lift it and the whole piece rewards a closer look: a white rabbit caught mid leap across the well of the cup, a single pink blossom above it, and fine strokes of colour scattered like the first signs of the season.] here delete? Tucked into the upper curve is a waka poem, written in manygana ()an