Bowls
In Japan you pick the bowl up. It is made to be completed in the hand, so the shape, the weight and even where your fingers land have all been thought through.
Some are cut with shinogi ridges so the fingers find their place. Some carry a gosu blue line drawn in a single breath. Some are white slip over red clay, fired twice at low heat until the surface softens. Rice, soup, a late bowl of noodles. These are made for the meals that happen every day.
A rice bowl for one is usually 11 to 12cm across, a soup bowl a little deeper, a donburi 15cm or wider. Our guide compares every size. Turn one over and the ring you feel is the kodai, carved rather than moulded, so your fingers have somewhere to sit and the heat stays off your palm. The clay is bare there, which is why experienced buyers look at it first.
Artisan Works
Bowls
Red Enamel Flower Bud Bowl
¥4,400
Bowls
Floral Shinogi Katakuchi Spouted Bowl, White
¥2,750
Bowls
Shinogi Rice Bowl, Small White — Shigaraki
¥3,080
Bowls
Rough Iron-Line Oval Deep Bowl, Large — Shigaraki
¥3,740
Bowls
Soup Bowl SS, Manganese No.1 — Okinawa
¥3,300
Bowls
Soup Bowl SS, Manganese No.2 — Okinawa
¥3,300
Bowls
Shallow Rim Bowl, Manganese — Okinawa
¥7,150
Bowls
Shallow Rim Bowl, White — Okinawa
¥7,150
Bowls
Footed Bowl, Small, Manganese — Okinawa
¥4,950
Bowls
Footed Bowl, Small, White No.1 — Okinawa
¥4,950
Bowls
Footed Bowl, Small, White No.2 — Okinawa
¥4,950
Bowls
Water Octagonal Small Bowl — Okinawa
¥3,080
Bowls
Joined Bowl, Watermelon — Okinawa
¥3,850
Bowls
Joined Bowl, Dragon Fruit — Okinawa
¥3,850
Bowls
Blue-Green Dot Bowl, 6-sun — Okinawa
¥6,589
Bowls
Line Motif Bowl, 7-sun — Okinawa
¥8,778
Bowls
Shell Motif Bowl, 7-sun — Okinawa
¥8,778
Bowls
Chrysanthemum Bowl, 7-sun — Okinawa
¥8,778
Bowls
Makai Rice Bowl, 4.5-sun No.1 — Okinawa
¥4,100
Bowls
Makai Rice Bowl, 4.5-sun No.2 — Okinawa
¥4,100
Bowls
Makai Rice Bowl, 4.5-sun No.3 — Okinawa
¥4,100
Bowls
Makai Rice Bowl, 4-sun No.1 — Okinawa
¥3,300
Bowls
Makai Rice Bowl, 4-sun No.2 — Okinawa
¥3,300
Bowls
Makai Rice Bowl, 4-sun No.3 — Okinawa
¥3,300
Bowls
Wanbu Bowl, 4-sun — Okinawa
¥3,700
Bowls
Mangrove & Sagaribana Rice Bowl, Black — Okinawa
¥5,000
Bowls
Suzu-Gesho Rice Bowl No.1 — Okinawa
¥6,000
Bowls
Suzu-Gesho Rice Bowl No.2 — Okinawa
¥6,000
Bowls
Indigo Soup Bowl — Mino
¥8,000
Bowls
Ice-Crackle Rice Bowl, Medium — Jellyfish Lilac
¥3,700
Bowls
Ice-Crackle Rice Bowl, Medium — Bubble Blue
¥3,700
Bowls
Ice-Crackle Rice Bowl, Large — Bubble Blue
¥4,400
Bowls
Black & White Rice Bowl No.2
¥2,420
Bowls
Black & White Serving Bowl
¥4,620
Bowls
Black & White Rice Bowl No.1
¥2,420
Bowls
Blue Landscape Serving Bowl
¥3,300
Bowls
Rabbit Rice Bowl
¥4,400
Bowls
Japanese Pattern Rice Bowl
¥4,950
Bowls
Rice Bowl — Ooze Brown
¥4,200
Bowls
Rice Bowl — Ooze Blue
¥4,300
Bowls
Rice Bowl — Ooze Melt
¥4,400
Bowls
Grape Oval Bowl
¥9,900
Bowls
Gosu Blue Line Rice Bowl, Large — Shigaraki
¥2,640
Bowls
Snack Dessert Cup
¥4,950
Bowls
Yozuri Dessert Cup
¥4,950
Bowls
Blue-Gray Enamel Flower Bud Bowl
¥4,180
Bowls
Matte White Shinogi Flat Bowl, 21cm — Aizu
¥3,850
Bowls
Matte Black Shinogi Flat Bowl, 21cm — Aizu
¥3,850
Bowls
Floral Shinogi Warped Bowl, 21cm — Shigaraki
¥5,500
Bowls
Warped Shinogi Small Bowl, Triangular — Shigaraki
¥2,310







