Onta Ware Tobikanna Brown Container / 小鹿田焼 甕 F-71932 silk and brocade fabrics

silk and brocade fabrics

Using local materials and traditional firing methods

5 cm (Height)

The beautiful and meticulously finished glass is a hallmark of Mr Nemoto

One (1) Side Dish

Onta Ware Tobikanna Brown Container / 小鹿田焼 甕 F-71932 silk and brocade fabricsTo 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.