{"title":"Hikari Kiln","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Echizen, Fukui, Hikari Kiln carries forward 850 years of Echizen ware, one of Japan’s Six Ancient Kilns. Its master potter joins fine-art depth with everyday ease, shaping vessels in the earthy warmth of Echizen clay.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"bizen-ware-mokubai-large-tumbler","title":"Bizen Ware Mokubai Large Tumbler","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis handmade Japanese tumbler, a shochu cup in Echizen ware, keeps its wood ash glaze to the lower wall, where amber flecks gather and thicken like sparks settling after a fire. Burned wood becomes glass in the kiln, and here it settles as colour. Above, the clay is left bare, a deep grey brown, matte and softly grained, its fine throwing rings catching the light. The rim flares outward with a slight, living irregularity. The clay is rich in iron, the same earth that has anchored Japanese pottery in Echizen for some 850 years, among the Six Ancient Kilns of Japan. A generous opening takes ice with ease, for shochu, whiskey or iced coffee. Shaped on the wheel, each one reads slightly differently from the next. Each cup is presented in its own box.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hikari Kiln","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035077824826,"sku":"ezy010010101","price":79.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/4499\/8202\/files\/HikariKiln_Mokubai_01.webp?v=1791534795"},{"product_id":"bizen-ware-shino-large-tumbler","title":"Bizen Ware Shino Large Tumbler","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis handmade Japanese tumbler, a shochu cup in Echizen ware, wears its shino glaze in thick, drifting passages that pool milky and opaque against dark clay. Where the glaze thins at its edges, a flush of orange red appears, the fire colour prized in shino ware. The upper wall and rim stay bare, matte and softly grained, circled by fine throwing rings, a quiet record of the hand that shaped it. The clay is rich in iron, the same earth that has anchored Japanese pottery in Echizen for some 850 years, among the Six Ancient Kilns of Japan. A generous opening takes ice with ease, for shochu, whiskey or iced coffee. Shaped on the wheel, each one reads slightly differently from the next. Each cup is presented in its own box.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hikari Kiln","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035077857594,"sku":"ezy010010102","price":79.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/4499\/8202\/files\/HikariKiln_Shino_01.webp?v=1791535362"},{"product_id":"bizen-ware-urushi-kake-kushime-tumbler","title":"Bizen Ware Urushi-kake Kushime Tumbler","description":"\u003cp\u003eFine comb marks, the kushime of the name, run around the lower wall, where pale blue grey glaze has settled into the clay in drifting, uneven patches. Above, the body darkens through iron brown toward the rim, where a band of urushi lacquer closes the form in black. Hikari Kiln points to the smooth feel this lacquer gives the lip. The earth beneath is Echizen clay, rich in iron, the ground on which Echizen ware has stood for some 850 years among Japan’s Six Ancient Kilns. Its warmth shows in every unglazed passage, quiet and grained. The wide mouth takes ice with ease, suited to shochu and just as well to iced coffee. Each cup is presented in its own box.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hikari Kiln","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035077923130,"sku":"ezy010010103","price":79.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/4499\/8202\/files\/HikariKiln_Kushime_01.webp?v=1791535453"},{"product_id":"bizen-ware-urushi-kake-dimple-tumbler","title":"Bizen Ware Urushi-kake Dimple Tumbler","description":"\u003cp\u003eA line of urushi lacquer traces the rim of this tumbler and sharpens the whole form. Below it, Echizen clay keeps its natural character, grey brown and quietly grained, with amber glaze gathering in broken islands across the wall and a single soft dimple pressing in from the side. Hikari Kiln points to the smooth feel the lacquer gives the lip, a pleasure that only urushi offers. The wide mouth takes ice easily, suited to shochu and just as well to iced coffee. The clay is rich in iron, the same earth that has defined Echizen ware for some 850 years and placed it among Japan’s Six Ancient Kilns. Its maker, Mitsuo Tsukasatsuji, is honored as a Contemporary Master Craftsman. Each handmade cup is presented in its own box.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hikari Kiln","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035077955898,"sku":"ezy010010104","price":79.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/4499\/8202\/files\/HikariKiln_Dimple_01.webp?v=1791535558"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/4499\/8202\/collections\/HikariKiln_01_2048x2048_0a45d704-0fd1-4f56-b9ba-d5f7bdf1417d.webp?v=1791524964","url":"https:\/\/omakase-forest.com\/collections\/hikari-kiln.oembed","provider":"omakase","version":"1.0","type":"link"}