New · Made in Gifu, Japan
Mino-yaki · kohiki matcha bowl · gift box
Plum Blossom Matcha Bowl, Touched with Gold
A red plum branch across a white kohiki bowl, the blossoms touched with gold.
$79 Free shipping to 32 countries
Order by November 20 to make sure it arrives before Christmas.
We ship to mainland China: free, tracked. Import duties, if any, are paid on delivery. Where we ship
Take both sets in one box: Matcha Set: Four Flower Bowls & Whisk · $199 (save $137)
$59 when added to any other piece in your order: it travels in the same box.
A gift for a new home
Leaves Fukuoka within one week by tracked airmail.
What buyers say · ★★★★★ on Etsy
“Received updates regarding the item I purchased and when it arrived could tell that it was packed with care; my fragile ceramic bunny arrived in perfect condition! A wonderful purchase and I would buy from this shop again”
Jessica · United States
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“Item was as described and in photos shown. Excellent quality. Seller very knowledgable and took the time to explain everything”
Tiang N. · Australia
- Made in Japan. Mino ware, from Gifu prefecture.
- New, never used. Checked and packed by hand in Fukuoka.
- Returns within 14 days of delivery. Not right? Send it back as it came and we refund the full price, return postage included.
- Packed safely, sent by tracked airmail within one week. Order $100 or more and it flies EMS express.
Duties, checkout and extras
- ★ 5.0 on Etsy · Star Seller. Read the reviews ↗
- Import tax. It depends on your country; if any is due, it is collected on delivery.
- US import duties. Already included in the price: nothing to pay at your door.
- Secure checkout by Stripe — cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay. No account needed.
- Two pieces, one parcel. Each extra piece in the same order is $15 off at checkout.
- Orders of $200 or more travel with a gift to keep: Japanese chopsticks with a rest in a paulownia box, or a Nara kaya-cloth handkerchief.
The story
In 901 the scholar Sugawara no Michizane was exiled from Kyoto to Dazaifu, near where we live in Fukuoka. Before he left he wrote a poem to the plum tree in his garden: when the east wind blows, send me your scent; do not forget the spring because I am gone. The story says the tree missed him so much that it flew to Dazaifu overnight to be with him. A plum tree said to be that one still flowers at the shrine there every February.
The craft
Mino-yaki, made in Japan. A white kohiki slip over the clay, a painted plum branch, and gold (kinsai) on the blossoms. Because of the gold, wash it by hand and keep it out of the microwave and the oven.
Living with it
The plum flowers before the cherry, often with snow still on the ground: a bowl for late winter mornings. If you have ever lived far from where you grew up, you will understand the tree. Send it to someone who is far from home.
• Mino-yaki, kohiki with gold (kinsai) • Bowl only (no whisk) • Gift box, new • Made in Japan
How it travels
Packed safely, insured in full
Every piece is packed by hand in Fukuoka inside a sturdy 3 mm corrugated carton, cushioned all round with air pillows so it cannot move. It travels with tracking all the way to your door: by EMS, insured for its full value, on orders of $100 or more, and by tracked airmail below that.
A question about this piece — size, marks, condition? Ask the house, we answer within a day.