A Versatile Pitcher for Water and Blooms
A beautifully versatile vessel that naturally enhances your daily routine. This piece functions flawlessly as both a daily water pitcher and an elegant floral vase, making it a stylish centerpiece for any room.Size : 145 × 110 × 175 mm
*As each piece is individually handmade, there may be slight variations from the item shown in the images.
*Please also note that the appearance and colour of the product may vary depending on the lighting.
About : TOUKICHI
Established in 1994 in Inbe, Bizen City, Okayama, TOUKICHI is a specialist Bizen ware shop offering tableware, sake vessels, flower vessels and decorative objects.
Alongside carefully selected works by ceramic artists, TOUKICHI produces original pieces that bring traditional Bizen craftsmanship into contemporary life. Its collection celebrates the individual textures and natural colours created by clay and fire, with a particular focus on pottery for everyday use.
STYLE & APPROACH
Cherishing the appeal of traditional Bizen ware, the shop offers warm, easy-to-use pieces that are at home in
contemporary life.
SPECIALITY
Tableware
What is BIZEN WARE?
Bizen ware comes from Imbe in Bizen City, Okayama - one of Japan's Six Ancient Kilns. Each piece is shaped by hand from local clay and fired with no glaze and no painted decoration, so the clay itself speaks. Fired with pine wood for 7-10 days at over 1,200 °C, it becomes a hard, dense stoneware - and no two pieces are ever alike.
The fired surface — yaki
Without glaze, every colour and pattern comes from how flame, ash and charcoal touch the piece in the kiln. Potters call these natural effects keshiki - “landscapes”.
- 窯変（Yōhen）: Buried in charcoal on the kiln floor, away from flame and air, the clay turns grey, dark grey or bluish.
- 胡麻（Goma）: Pine ash settles on the piece like sesame seeds; where it melts and runs, it is called tamadare.
- 棧切（Sangiri）: Where ash and charcoal cut off the air, grey to blue-black tones form against the redbrown clay.
- 緋襷（Hidasuki）: Straw wrapped around the piece reacts with iron in the clay, leaving scarlet lines.