New · Made in Gifu, Japan · For the storyteller
Mino-yaki · flask and two cups · gift box
Tanuki Sake Set
A round-bellied tanuki flask, green glaze running down from his neck, and two cups with his face on them.
$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
$69 when added to any other piece in your order: it travels in the same box.
A gift for a new home · luck and protection
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
The classic Shigaraki tanuki carries two things: a sake bottle in one paw and a little account book in the other. Both come from an old errand. A child would be sent to the sake shop with the shop's lent bottle and the family's book. The shopkeeper filled the bottle, wrote the amount in the book, and the bill was settled at the end of the month. No money changed hands. It all ran on trust.
So the bottle is not really about drinking. It is about being the kind of household a shop will fill a bottle for. The tanuki of folk tales is a shape-shifter and a show-off who loves a drink, but on this point he is serious.
The craft
Mino-yaki, made in Japan in Gifu prefecture, in the familiar Shigaraki tanuki shape. Brown clay, dark patches round the eyes. Microwave and dishwasher safe; not for the oven.
Living with it
Warm sake, two cups, one long story. Every group of friends has one person whose stories get better each time they are told. You may know exactly who that is, or it may be you. This is their flask.
• Mino-yaki • 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.