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For Sale Ando Hidetake #fuji Chawan titled : fuji-san #美濃 Rare solo exhibition top work "#Nezumi Shino tea bowl" (Matsuzakaya main store solo exhibition work No. 16) with box, double lacquered box Ancient Mino Ando Hidetake (b. 1938) was an Important Prefectural Cultural Property in 2003, a status towards that of a Living National Treasure for his...

The use of varying thicknesses of the Shino glaze not only accentuates the form but creates a moody and atmospheric appearance like mist clinging to a lakes edge.

Gozan no Okuribi (五山送り火, 5 Mountain send-off bonfires), more commonly known as Daimonji (大文字) ~ an ancient tradition in Kyōto that celebrates the Obon Matsuri, August 16th.