Most Famous Japanese Porcelain over 400 years

Porcelain birthplace in Japan

2016

1616 Arita

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Arita Porcelain roots date back to 1616 when Sanpei Lee

discovered porcelain stones in the Arita region and began

production of the first Arita porcelain pieces.

The craftsmanship, production, drawing techniques, and

unique designs with 400 years of history, continues to

make Arita porcelain number one in Japan.

From 1650, Arita porcelain was exported through the

Dutch West India Company, and became known as

“IMARI”. The pieces were enjoyed throughout much of

Europe. Of the many patrons of “IMARI”, the most

famous was Frederick August I of Saxony. He admired

the pieces so much, and believed they were of much

greater value than gold, he ordered Johann Friedrich

Bottger to produce pieces in Germany. After many trials,

Bottger finally succeeded, this was the beginning of

Meissen. Arita porcelain pieces of that era are stored in

museums such as the British Museum, the Louvre

Museum, and the Palace of Versailles.

What Is Arita?Most Famous Japanese Porcelain over 400 years

porcelain birthplace in Japan

Content

The Kiln

Tokko kiln

Fukusengama

Yamahei Porcelain

Riso Porcelain

Fukuju Porcelain

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2 3Arita The Kiln

The Kiln We fused with Arita

As Japan passes through the four seasons, Japanese people sense changing moments and symbols of beauty.

This sense of the season is prominent in Japanese cooking.

Not only the choice of ingredients, but the shapes and colors of dishes and the furniture used color the room are carefully

chosen.

A cook prepares his food while balancing ingredients, seasonal influences, and his own specialties, and thus must choose

suitable dishes. A dish must balance seasons, ingredients, and the chef 's sensitivities. Shape and size, color, and patterns

come in endless varieties, in order to present the deepest intents of the chef in food.

The creators who have been producing the dishes for this Japanese style of cooking would now like to take on the

challenge of facing the world.

These days, the cooking styles of the world are blending together to create something new.

The top chefs devote themselves every day to creating new varieties of food.

Since that cooking uses local materials to their greatest abilities to create refined work with a sense of the seasons, we feel

that this is close to what we try to accomplish with Japanese cooking.

We would like to introduce our ware to the world chefs who create original dishes with artistry and originality.

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PA13-01 Ripple round plateø30 × h2 cm

PA13-10 Ripple rectangular plate35 × 15 × h2 cm

PA13-11 Ripple rectangular plate35 × 15 × h2 cm

PA13-06 Ripple square plate24 × 24 × h2 cm

PA13-04 Ripple square plate24 × 24 × h2 cm

PA13-03 Ripple square plate24 × 24 × h2 cm

PA13-02 Ripple square plate24 × 24 × h2 cm

PA13-14 Asanoha (hemp leaf) pattern(white) 40.5 × 19 × h3 cm

PA13-15 Asanoha (hemp leaf) pattern(black) 40.5 × 19 × h3 cm

PA13-05 Ripple square plate24 × 24 × h2 cm

PA13-08 16.5cm ripple plateø16.5 × h2 cm

PA13-07 Espresso cupø6 × h8 cm max130cc

PA13-12 Heat-proof half bowlø15 × h3.5 cm max300cc

PA13-13 Heat-proof small cupø6 × h3 cm max35cc

PA13-09 Coffee cupø9 × h6 cm max250cc

6 7Arita Tokko Kiln

Tokko Kiln In 1865, Torasuke Tokunaga built a climbing kiln in today`s Arita Oubou-district (iat a place called “Kake no tani”)

and started making porcelain.

Afterwards, for more than a hundred years, we have passionately continued making porcelain, without ever letting

the kiln`s fire go out.

We at Tokkogama pottery make the most of the art and techniques needed to create tableware and we always strive

to develop our skills even further to be able to make tableware well-suited for a modern lifestyle.

Continuous challenges to new things turn to the tradition

徳幸窯

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TK13-01 Crystal Glaze round plate with an array of carved lines ø21 × h2 cm

TK13-03 Two-tier cup (black and gold striped) ø15 × h12 cm (black and silver striped) ø15 × h12 cm

TK13-06 Cup with waterdrop design (gold) ø6 × h4.5 cm 50cc (silver) ø6 × h4.5 cm 50cc

TK13-07 Saucer with waterdrop design (gold) ø9.5 × h1 cm (silver) ø9.5 × h1 cm

TK13-02 27cm plate glazed with crystalglaze ø27 × h1.5 cm

TK13-10 Plate with waterdrop - design (gold) ø20.5 × h3.5 cm (silver) ø20.5 × h3.5 cm (white) ø20.5 × h3.5 cm

TK13-08 Gold plate with chrysanthemum flowers ø20.5 × h3 cm

TK13-11 Small plate shaped like a spoon 9.5 × 5.5 × h1.5 cm

TK13-09 Long plate with iron red glaze Long plate with crystal glaze 34 × 11 × h1.5 cm

TK13-12 E-Karatsu style plate ø20.5 × h3.5 cm

TK13-04 Tiny plate (full moon) ø7 × h0.5 cm

TK13-05 Tiny plate (half moon) 7 × 4 × h0.5 cm

TK13-13 Square plate with powder spraying design 22 × 22 × h3 cm

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Fukuju Porcelain We at Fukujugama-pottery value tradition very highly.

We value tradition as to acquire the highly sophisticated techniques and sensitivity of the ancient porcelain

masters. Then again we focus on innovation and creativity because we want to create new traditions and thus build

a bridge that can connect us with the next generation.

Tradition doesn’t stay the same, - it shifts and changes slowly but constantly.

While highly valuing the old, we always challenge ourselves to create something new; it is our goal to learn from

ancient pottery art, and at the same time to meet the requirements of modern times and add originality to our

creations.

That is how real novelty can arise from tradition.

The novelty that lies in tradition

福珠窯

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FJ13-01 30cm white porcelain plate with purple splotch designø30 × h2.5 cm

FJ13-02 30cm porcelain plate (aqua-blue)ø30 × h2.5 cm

FJ13-03 30cm plate with calligraphy design (gold-type A)ø30 × h2.5 cm

FJ13-04 30cm plate with calligraphy design (black-type A)ø30 × h2.5 cm

FJ13-06 30cm plate showing a Japanese bridgeø30 × h2.5 cm

FJ13-08 Rectangular plate with four-legged stand(silver)16.7 × 14.8 × h5.2 cm

FJ13-11 Bowl with a lid, decorated with flower design(gold on black glaze)ø13 × h8.8 cm

FJ13-12 Napkin ring with origami design5.7 × 5 × h4.8 cm

FJ13-07 Square plate with calligraphy design24 × 24 × h2.3 cm

FJ13-05 30cm plate showing dried persimmonsø30 × h2.5 cm

FJ13-09 Rectangular plate with calligraphy design(gold on red)34 × 9.1 × h2.4 cm

FJ13-10 Rectangular plate with calligraphy design(type B)34 × 9.1 × h2.4 cm

Fukuju Porcelain

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Fukusengama Porcelain ware that is indispensable to people’s daily lives…

With this goal in mind and hoping that his table-ware would become a wellspring of happiness the founder “Kunio

Fukuda” called his pottery workshop “Fukusen” (source of happiness) in the year 1952.

Keeping his concept in mind, while preserving the traditional Ko-somezuke porcelain painting techniques we

continue creating playful designs and making table-ware that remains timelessly useful.

Pottery with dreams and a sense of fun

福泉窯

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FS13-01 Square plate18.5 × 18.5 × h3 cm

FS13-03 Cupø8.7 × h14.4 cm

FS13-07 moon10.5 × h10.5 cm

FS13-04 Rectangular plate19.5 × 15 × h4 cm

FS13-02 Bowl ø14 × h10.5cm

FS13-06 Round plateø28.4 × h2.4 cm

FS13-08 Mirrored platinum food container with lidø10 × h10.9 cm

FS13-10 Hexagonal Plate15.3 × 13.6 × h11 cm

FS13-05 Bowlø10.5 × h5 cm

FS13-09 Small table grill made of porcelain25 × 14 × h8.5 cm

Fukusengama

18 19Arita Yamahei Porcelain

Yamahei Porcelain YAMAMOTO Heisaku was born as a second son of YAMASHO-GAMA Kiln in Arita.

After World War II, he opened YAMAHEI-GAMA Kiln named after his name.

His son, YAMAMOTO Masaharu, incorporated and named it YAMAHEI KAMAMOTO Co., Inc. in 1972.

We are now aiming at being a challenging company to produce what customers want and also have high regard for

the traditional culture of Arita.

Challenge to the tradition and the future

やま平窯元

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YH13-11 two square boxes with cover ø20.5 × h11.5 cm

YH13-02 warmer box ø16 × h13 cm

YH13-01 egg shell series pilsner ø7.3 × h15.8 cm max400cc tumbler(L) ø7.5 × h14 cm max400cc tumbler(M) ø6.2 × h12.3 cm max280cc

tumbler(S) ø5.5 × h10.3 cm max150cctumbler(SS) ø4.5 × h8.5 cm max85ccold fashioned ø8 × h8.6 cm max350cc

YH13-03 steam box ø19.2 × h15 cm

YH13-04 round box with cover ø16 × h9 cm

YH13-06 round plate of the sumi drawing ø29.7 × h2 cm

YH13-08 Rectangular plate with rim 40.8 × 12 × h3.2 cm

YH13-05 round bowl with rim ø23.3 × h5.8 cm

YH13-07 round plate with rim of the sumi drawing ø27.5 × h3.4 cm

YH13-10 Rectangular plate with rim 30.8 × 15.5 × h2 cm

YH13-09 aqua round plate ø29.7 × h1.1 cm

Yamahei Porcelain

22 23Arita Riso Porcelain

Riso Porcelain Shinichi Terauchi (artist name: Hangetsu (half-moon)) was taught the art of sculpture by his Italian teacher, (Vincenzo)

Ragusa, at Japan’s first art college, the Imperial School of Engineering and Arts (in Tokyo); after graduating in 1882 he got

employed at the construction office responsible for the construction of the imperial palace, and afterwards he worked in

Seto, Tokoname, Arita and Isobe in Japan, as well as at the Hunan Higher Education School of Technology and Arts in

Changsha, China, where he worked as a teacher. After returning back to Japan, he built a house at the place where Ri

Sampei was said to have lived many years ago, and started making ceramic sculptures like the Buddhist statue of Kannon

Bodhisattva or portrait busts. He named his pottery studio “Riso” and thus its history started.

As times changed the pottery studio focused more and more on the production of table-ware and became what it is today.

Having learnt the Ko-Imari pottery techniques by studying pottery fragments from that time, our goal is to make fascinating

pieces of pottery with warm-hearted designs.

We combine tradition and the leading edge of technology, and thus concentrate on developing new products, well-suited

for modern times.

Growing out of the tradition, challenging to the legend

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RY13-01 FUKI-URUSHI Gold haku Plate(L) ø22.5 × h2.5 cm

RY13-02 FUKI-URUSHI Gold haku Plate(M) ø16.5 × h2 cm

RY13-03 FUKI-URUSHI Gold haku Plate(S) ø10.8 × h1.3 cm

RY13-07 FUKI-URUSHI Bowlø24 × h7.5 cm

RY13-06 FUKI-URUSHI Gold haku Square Plate24 ×24 × h2.2 cm

RY13-04 FUKI-URUSHI Gold haku Bowl(L) ø22.8 × h5.9 cm

RY13-05 FUKI-URUSHI Gold haku Bowl(S) ø15.5 × h4 cm

RY13-12 FUKI-URUSHI Square Slate Plate24.5 × 24.5 × h1.5 cm

RY13-13 Three-layer globe type bowls with ICHIMATSU design ø15.5 × h15 cm

RY13-11 SUMI Black & Silver Painted Plateø29.7 × h2 cm

RY13-08 FUKI-URUSHI Long Square Slate Plate40 × 12 × h1.5 cm

RY13-09 Silver Painted Sake Bowl (Sakazuki)(Type A: Ginjo-Bowl) ø7.4 × h3.5 cm(Type B: Junmai-Bowl) ø6.5 × h4.5 cm

Type A

Type B

RY13-10 Silver Painted Sake Cuph16.5 cm 360cch12.5 cm 180cc

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