Onta Ware Tobikanna and Hakeme Small Plate - 12.5 cm - 4 Options / 小鹿田焼 小皿 HY-OL19 the same quiet square form

the same quiet square form — but the grey tint gives it a cooler

■ Size (Stick/Surikogi): Approximately 16

father of the current kiln head

topping plates

■ Size: 8 cm x 15 cm height

Onta Ware Tobikanna and Hakeme Small Plate - 12.5 cm - 4 Options / 小鹿田焼 小皿 HY-OL19 the same quiet square formTo 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.