Keep it long, treasure it long.

Gently protect the house

Especially in Kansai, there is a custom of decorating a papier-mâché tiger at the Dragon Boat Festival, and the tiger has been regarded as a sacred existence along with the dragon since ancient times. The tiger has a strong image, but the white tiger, a servant of the Kamide Choemon kiln, has a cute white tiger with a curled up figure and a smiley expression that makes you want to look at it. It's a tiger. Not only can you place it in the entrance or living room, but because it is small, you can place it in a casual space around your desk or TV stand, and it will gently watch over your family from various places.

The zodiac in 2022 is "tiger". Tora means "moving" and represents the state where spring comes and vegetation grows. The days of enduring with the coronavirus continued, but it is recommended that you choose it as a gift with such thoughts in mind so that you can take on various challenges in 2022 while wishing for the end.

As a lucky charm

The tiger is an animal that has long been worshiped as the king of beasts. It is considered a symbol of bravery and king, and is said to appear frequently in the ancestral myths of East Asian royalty. In addition, the tiger is said to be a mountain god because it runs around the fields, is healthy because it is useful as a source of medicine, and has the power to generate wind, so it is said to have good luck in disaster prevention.

There is a lot of claims that it is a dignified tiger, and it seems that it will float a little in the house, but the tiger of the servant of the Kamide Choemon kiln has a cute and gentle expression, so the house It blends naturally with the atmosphere and interior of the house. It comes with a special red felt, and if you lay it down and decorate it, it will be even more elegant and cute. Each item is carefully handmade by a craftsman, and there are individual differences in facial expressions. It is such an item that you can enjoy encountering one-of-a-kind items.

Kutani ware representing Japan

Kutani ware, like any other pottery, started with people hand-shaping and painting.
In the Edo period, the Maeda clan, the lord of the Kaga domain, discovered pottery stones and began making porcelain. After that, he learned porcelain techniques at Bizen Arita and spread to pottery for enjoying tea. The feature is that it is easy to use as tableware by adding various patterns to a clear white base, and it is pleasing to the eyes, and the color painting that shines on the white background of the hard glass material of porcelain is attractive.

Kamidechoemon Gama is a kiln that mainly manufactures and sells arts and crafts, cooking tableware, and daily tableware, and continues to maintain the tradition of Kutani ware. doing.
Because it is hand-painted, there is no perfect same thing. It is also worthwhile to change the picture depending on the craftsman who worked on it and the time of manufacture.
It is said that the reason why Kamidechoemon Gama is particular about hand-painting is because he believes that there is great potential in human hands. People are overwhelmed by the warmth, familiarity, taste, skill and precision of handmade items. With the idea that "what people produce in any era has great power to move", Kamidechoemon Gama carefully makes and protects hand-painted pottery.