Onta Ware Hakeme Plate with Circular Pattern - 19 cm - 4 Options / 小鹿田焼 銘々皿 add code which paved the way for

which paved the way for a flourishing pottery industry

Since the leaves look like the suction part of an octopus

wood powders

■ Size: 23 cm x 23 cm x 3

it has preserved sacred objects and everyday vessels alike

Onta Ware Hakeme Plate with Circular Pattern - 19 cm - 4 Options / 小鹿田焼 銘々皿 add code which paved the way forTo 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.