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Arita-yaki porcelain platter with carved wood carving!

This Arita-yaki dish features a design by SAITO Masaki, a wood carver from Akanko Ainu Kotan.

Casting is a technique in which ceramic clay dissolved in water is poured into a plaster mold and molded. After the design of the plate was carved out of wood, Yamaheigama, an Arita-yaki potter, copied the mold and fired it.

The beauty of the wood carving and the shading of the glaze make for a design that will never grow old. With a diameter of approximately 10 inches, this flat dish is the perfect size for a main dish for one person, a café-style one-plate dish, or a large dish for a family dining table.

The beauty of northern nature is expressed with the traditional techniques of Arita-yaki, making it a great gift for those who love Japanese history and traditional crafts.

Two types of wakka (wakka = water in Ainu language) in light blue and nitay (nitay = forest in Ainu language) in green are now available.