Onta Ware Hakeme Small Plate with Circular Pattern - 10 cm - 4 Options / 小鹿田焼 小皿 n30.7.26 Mori Shunzan(森俊山)

Mori Shunzan(森俊山)

gourd-like shape and delicate hand-painted sakura blossoms

The cut here is simple but exacting — straight lines crossing at right angles

four flower petals bloom in strong

Onta Ware Hakeme Small Plate with Circular Pattern - 10 cm - 4 Options / 小鹿田焼 小皿 n30.7.26 Mori Shunzan(森俊山)To 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.