{"title":"RYUMONJI-YAKI POTTERY","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"ryumonji-yaki-pottery-sake-set-black-glaze","title":"Ryumonji Yaki Pottery Sake Set Black Glaze","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe tokkuri (sake carafe) is one of the more considered objects in Japanese ceramic tradition — a vessel whose weight, surface, and pour all register in the hand during use. In Ryumonji's kuro glaze, the iron-rich Black Satsuma clay and the black glaze collected from the same Kagoshima mountains fire together into a surface that is dense and deeply reflective, the color varying between near-black and dark brown depending on the light. The kiln was established in 1688 and still processes all its materials locally — a continuity that shows in the glaze's depth, which differs from surfaces produced with commercially mixed materials. On the tokkuri and 2 guinomi (small sake cup) in this set, teal accumulates as a distinct horizontal band across the body of each piece, the secondary glaze pooling where the two materials meet during firing. The band falls at a different position and with a different weight on every piece. The foot of each guinomi is left unglazed, the dark clay visible at the base.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RYUMONJI-YAKI POTTERY","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53330983682362,"sku":"rmj010010101","price":269.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/4499\/8202\/files\/RyumonjiYaki_SakeSet_Black_Edit_1.webp?v=1779262186"},{"product_id":"ryumonji-yaki-pottery-sake-set-sansai-glaze","title":"Ryumonji Yaki Pottery Sake Set Sansai Glaze","description":"\u003cp\u003eRyumonji has produced Black Satsuma ware in the mountains of Kagoshima since 1688, collecting clay and all glaze materials from the surrounding hills and processing them within the workshop — a practice that remains rare among kilns still working today. The sansai glaze is one of the kiln's signature finishes, and on a rounded form it behaves differently than on a flat plate. The three colors — amber, teal, and dark iron — are applied and then left to the kiln. On the tokkuri (sake carafe), they break across the shoulder in a wide, uneven band that shifts as the vessel is turned in hand. On the 2 guinomi (small sake cup), the same glazes pool and drip from the rim downward, each cup firing to a slightly different result. That variation is structural, not incidental: it is the direct consequence of where each piece sits inside the ascending kiln and how the heat moves through it. The set is sold as a tokkuri and 2 guinomi, each piece made from the same locally sourced clay, carrying the same glaze, and resolved as a set without being uniform.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RYUMONJI-YAKI POTTERY","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53330983715130,"sku":"rmj010010102","price":269.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/4499\/8202\/files\/RyumonjiYaki_SakeSet_White_Edit_1.webp?v=1779262186"},{"product_id":"ryumonji-yaki-pottery-rectangular-plate-black-glaze","title":"Ryumonji Yaki Pottery Rectangular Plate Black Glaze","description":"\u003cp\u003eBlack Satsuma is what Ryumonji has produced since 1688, and the kuro glaze is its most direct expression. The iron-rich clay of Kagoshima's mountains fires to a deep, near-opaque black under high heat — a color that comes from the material itself rather than pigment applied over a neutral body. The glaze is collected locally, processed within the workshop, and applied to a clay sourced the same way. Where the sansai glaze distributes three colors across the surface, the black glaze asserts one: a dense, reflective field that holds depth rather than pattern. Teal accumulates along the rim and corners where the secondary glaze pools and breaks during firing, the contrast appearing differently on each piece depending on its position within the ascending kiln. The rectangular form is the same as the sansai version — low, with a gently raised rim. What changes is the presence the glaze brings to the table. Black Satsuma was historically made for daily use, and this plate carries that directness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RYUMONJI-YAKI POTTERY","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53330983813434,"sku":"rmj010020101","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/4499\/8202\/files\/RyumonjiYaki_Plate_Black_Edit_1.webp?v=1779261339"},{"product_id":"ryumonji-yaki-pottery-rectangular-plate-sansai-glaze","title":"Ryumonji Yaki Pottery Rectangular Plate Sansai Glaze","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost kilns source clay and glaze materials through suppliers. Ryumonji does not. Since the kiln was established in 1688 in the mountains of Kagoshima Prefecture, the clay and every glaze ingredient have been collected from the surrounding hills and processed within the workshop itself. That practice is the foundation of what makes Ryumonji ware distinct within the Black Satsuma tradition — the materials are inseparable from the place, and the place has not changed. The sansai glaze is one of the kiln's signature finishes, a three-color combination that cannot be fully controlled in the firing. Amber, teal, and dark iron interact across the surface as the temperature shifts inside the ascending kiln, pooling and breaking at the rim and corners differently on every piece. The rectangular form is low and resolved, with a gently raised rim that frames whatever is placed on it without drawing attention to itself. No 2 plates fire identically. The variation is the point.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RYUMONJI-YAKI POTTERY","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53330983846202,"sku":"rmj010020102","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/4499\/8202\/files\/RyumonjiYaki_Plate_White_Edit_1.webp?v=1779261339"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/4499\/8202\/collections\/RyumonjiYaki_Square_1.webp?v=1779352810","url":"https:\/\/omakase-forest.com\/collections\/ryumonji-yaki-pottery.oembed","provider":"omakase","version":"1.0","type":"link"}