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Tokoname city is the biggest clay teapot producing district in Japan. The Tokoname teapot became very famous back in the 18 century, thanks to the discovery of Tokoname’s natural red clay and its outstanding performance.
Unfortunately nowadays there are very few artists who truly understand the performance of clay. Most artists usually distinguish clay only based on its color and texture. It is called red clay as long as clay is red in color. Based on my study, most of the Tokoname teapots were no longer made of natural red clay. Even a very famous artist such as the 3rd generation artist Yamada Jozan who was awarded “The Living National Treasure” did not use natural red clay in his latter half of production. It seems that the legendary Tokoname natural red clay has been substituted by artificially blended red clay.
Recently I coincidentally discovered that one of the teapot masters in Tokoname, by the name of Gisui, preserved some natural red clay. According to him, it was kept by his acquaintance and it was given to him. It appears to be orange in color. I often heard from many artists and senior people saying that Tokoname red clay was supposed to be orange in color. I bought this tea pot and carried out verification by tasting the tea brewed from it. It turned out to be made of very good clay! The taste tells everything that it was fine natural red clay.
Unfortunately there is only one artist who keeps this clay. Moreover he only keeps a very limited quantity of this clay. It may be the last remaining Tokoname natural red clay.
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G004 Gisui Tokoname Natural Red Clay Teapot 160-180ml JPY21,000 Wooden Box |
G015 Gisui Tokoname Natural Red Clay Teapot Pear Skin 200ml JPY24,000 Wooden Box |
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G019 Gisui Tokoname Natural Red Clay Teapot Pear Skin 160-180ml Wooden Box SOLD OUT |
G023 Gisui Tokoname Natural Red Clay Teapot 220ml JPY21,000 Wodden Box |
Gyokko's hand-made teapot. Teapot consists of 2 tones of color that is created with the chage kiln technique. Using 2 different fire, teapot shows unique and identical pattern.
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| 391 300ml JPY18,000 Wooden Box SOLD OUT | 392 300ml JPY18,000 Wooden Box | |
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| 302 110-130ml Paper Box SOLD OUT | 286 300ml JPY18,000 Wooden Box | |
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| 153 120-150ml JPY10,000 Paper Box | 293 300ml JPY18,000 Wooden Box | |
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| 292 300ml JPY18,000 Wooden Box | 342 50ml JPY18,000 Wooden Box SOLD OUT | |
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| 339 50ml JY18,000 Wooden Box | 265 300ml Wooden Box SOLD OUT | |
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| 393 300ml JPY18,000 Wooden Box | 388 300ml JPY10,000 Paper Box | |
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| 384-8 Shigaraki Rough Clay 300-350ml JPY18,000 Wooden Box | 384-9 Shigaraki Rough Clay 300-350ml JPY18,000 Wooden Box | |
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| 384-10 Shigaraki Rough Clay 300-350ml JPY18,000 Wooden Box | 384-11 Shigaraki Rough Clay 300-350ml JPY18,000 Wooden Box |
Samashi means water cooler in Japanese. Sometimes it is called "Yuzamashi" that means the same. For brewing Japanese green tea, Samashi is very essential equipment. Once water is boiled, it is poured into Samashi that usually cools down temperature about 20 degree C (in summer). This equipment also contributes in altering the taste of water.
Note: The volume of following equipment is taken when water is filled till the top. The actual volume when you use these equipment is about the half of written capacity.
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| 351 50ml JPY2,000/1 Cup Paper Box | 355 180-200ml Paper Box SOLD OUT | |
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| 358 200-230ml JPY6,000 Paper Box | 361 180-200ml JPY7,000 Paper Box | |
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| 357 200-230ml JPY6,000 Paper Box | 387 Masaki Tachi Special Design 360-400ml JPY10,000 Paper Box | |
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| 258 250ml JPY6,000 Paper Box |
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| A2-3 50ml JPY18,000 Paper Box | A2-4 50ml JPY18,000 Paper Box | |
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| C2-2 70ml JY18,000 Paper Box | F1 130-150ml Paper Box SOLD OUT | |
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| IO710-1 330ml JY28,000 Paper Box | IO710-2 300ml JPY28,000 Paper Box | |
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| C705-1 100ml JY18,000 Paper Box | E705-3 70ml JPY18,000 Paper Box | |
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| C0705-2 100ml JY18,000 Paper Box | 0708-C 50-80ml JPY6,000 Paper Box | |
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| TBG020 150ml JY18,000 Paper Box | TBC020 150ml JPY18,000 Paper Box | |
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| TBC003 200ml Paper Box SOLD OUT | TBD002 180ml JPY24,000 Paper Box | |
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| TBG021 50ml JY18,000 Paper Box |
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In Sado island, regardless of the artist, all red clay are from Sado Mountain, where the famous Aikawa Gold Mine is located. Basically all aritsts in Sado island have their own secret source of red clay in respective part of Sado mountain. In general, the character and performance of all red clay in Sado island has certain similarity. However different artist uses different baking temperature and different source of clay that makes the taste of tea slightly different. I personally confirmed that the quality of Shimizu Ken's clay is very good, yet it certainly different from Watanabe Tozo's clay. It is beyond superiority. I would say both clay has their own identity.
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| BL60908 330ml JY18,000 Wooden Box | BL70908 430ml JY18,000 Wooden Box | |
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| BL80908 350ml JY18,000 Wooden Box | BL90908 450ml JPY49,500 Wooden Box | |
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| BS70908 200ml JY15,000 Wooden Box | BM60908 330ml JY15,000 Wooden Box | |
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| BM90908 330ml JPY15,000 Wooden Box | BM100908 330ml JPY15,000 Wooden Box | |
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| BS90908 250ml JY15,000 Wooden Box SOLD OUT | SRSL011 280ml JPY15,000 Wooden Box | |
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| SRSL012 380ml JY18,000 Wooden Box | SRSL013 300ml JPY15,000 Wooden Box SOLD OUT | |
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| SRBS006 350ml JPY28,000 Wooden Box | SRSS001 390ml JPY28,000 Wooden Box | |
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| SRPL001 300ml JPY4,800 Paper Box | SRPL002 300ml JPY6,000 Paper Box | |
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| SRCL001 30-50ml JPY1,500 Paper Box SOLD OUT |
Nigata has been developped copper craft. The copper industry was developped thanks to the natural copper mine existed in Nigata. Each product are knocked and forge the texture as well as shape. The copper is laminated over the tin and finished with either as it is or with urushi. You may enjoy the change of each product in the appearance thanks to the further oxidation from time to time.
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2-2 Bronze Old Gold Color Narashime 90x117mm (For 200g) Interrior: Tin Nigata Hand-Crafted Tsuiki Copper Ware JPY23,000 Paper Box SOLD OUT |
2-3 Bronze Old Gold Color Narashime 90x117mm (For 150g) Interrior: Tin Nigata Hand-Crafted Tsuiki Copper Ware JPY21,000 Paper Box |
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3-3 Bronze Old Gold Color Otsuime 90x117mm (For 200g) Interrior: Tin Nigata Hand-Crafted Tsuiki Copper Ware JPY22,000 Paper Box SOLD OUT |
3-5 Bronze Old Gold Color Otsuime 77x73mm (For 100g) Interrior: Tin Nigata Hand-Crafted Tsuiki Copper Ware JPY18,000 Paper Box |
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5-2 Cloud 77x117mm (For 150g) Interrior: Tin Nigata Hand-Crafted Tsuiki Copper Ware JPY21,000 Paper Box |
5-2 Cloud 77x73mm (For 100g) Interrior: Tin Nigata Hand-Crafted Tsuiki Copper Ware JPY18,000 Paper Box |
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6-2 Original Copper Color 78x117mm (For 150g) Interrior: Tin Nigata Hand-Crafted Tsuiki Copper Ware JPY19,000 Paper Box |
6-3 Original Copper Color 78x117mm (For 150g) Interrior: Tin Nigata Hand-Crafted Tsuiki Copper Ware JPY15,000 Paper Box SOLD OUT |
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13-1 Bronze Nasu Gata 73 x 140mm (For 100g) Interrior: Tin Nigata Hand-Crafted Tsuiki Copper Ware JPY12,600 Wooden Box |
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BC200 Bronze Narashime (For 200g) Interrior: Tin Semi-Hand Made Copper Ware JPY4,800 Paper Box |
BC150 Bronze Narashime (For 150g) Interrior: Tin Semi-Hand Made Copper Ware JPY4,000 Paper Box |
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BC100 Bronze Narashime (For 100g) Interrior: Tin Semi-Hand Made Copper Ware JPY3,600 Paper Box |
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2-9 Kensui: Bronze in Old Gold Color 130x83mm (Interrior: Copper) Nigata Hand-Crafted Tsuiki Copper Ware JPY27,000 Wooden Box |
3-12 Kensui: Bronze in Old Gold Color 130x83mm (Interrior: Copper) Nigata Hand-Crafted Tsuiki Copper Ware JPY27,000 Wooden Box |
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| 3-12: This is the equipment used for waste water bin | BK6 Semi-Hand Made Black Bronze Kensui 130mm x 80mm: JPY6800 |
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BK7 Semi-Hand Made Original Copper Finished Kensui 130mm x 80mm: JPY6,000 |
BK5 Semi-Hand Made Kensui for under table: JPY4,500 |
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7-6 Bronze in Old Gold Color "Tea Pot" 0.4L (Interrior: Tin) Nigata Hand-Crafted Tsuiki Copper Ware JPY28,000 Wooden Box |
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