Onta Ware Tobikanna Small Plate - 10 cm - 4 Options / 小鹿田焼 小皿 ap7-1216 The word for frog

The word for frog

or your favourite incense plate

Each petal is carefully hand-painted

His works are widely recognised for their gentle forms

or anyone embarking on something new

Onta Ware Tobikanna Small Plate - 10 cm - 4 Options / 小鹿田焼 小皿 ap7-1216 The word for frogTo 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.