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Namasu plate for Japanese dishes

NAMASU PLATE is a plate about 15 cm in diameter with a slightly raised edge. Because of the depth, it is easy to prepare even side dishes with simmered soup and the like, and the size is just right as a plate. In the past, there were as many people in every home as there were frequent dishes for assorted dishes. It is a plate that has been used. This dish, which has been used for a long time as a dish for vinegar with daikon and carrots and side dishes such as Namasu is a resurrection from Li Zhuang.
In the selection of carefully selected items, in the lifestyle that has lost many things, the dishes that are frequently used are being reviewed.

There are patterns reminiscent of a rich dining table, such as Liso Gourd nostalgic dishes, from simple white porcelain to adorable medaka patterns and designs with large flower blooms. You Although it is difficult to use Japanese-style dishes, it is highly recommended to have a Japanese-style bowl on the table, which makes it even more gorgeous. In addition, it is recommended that you use it as a gift for your marriage, as a gift for moving, as a dish that is easy to use as a gift will surely be useful for your partner family.

Arita ware that land is born

Arita Yaki is a representative of Japan with a history of 400 years, and is one of Japan's most sought after by designers in the world.
History dates back to the 17th century, and during the Toyotomi Hideyoshi period, porcelain was only imported from China rain, but the influence of Senrikyu after the war on the rise in interest in tea baths, Hideyoshi went to a military outpost in Korea. Naoshima Nabeshima brought several Korean potters back home, and in 1616, Arita picked up good quality soil and developed rapidly. In the 1650s, it was exported to Europe, and it was called IMARI, and it had high value.

Because of that, Arita-cho, Saga Pref., Has developed as an old pottery town with various potters and trading houses. Currently, foreign designers and top chefs are interested in Aritayaki. It is also the spread of Japanese food culture, and also because it is a beautiful vessel that decorates delicate Japanese cuisine.

Aiming to be used daily in modern times

The Li Zhuang pottery is a pottery of Arita Yaki that carries out a wide range of pottery from dyeing with being regarded as a traditional Hijiri Imari with emphasis on traditionality to modern works that are particular about shape and texture.
Li Zhuang pots are molded with a mold by mechanical rocro or pressure casting etc. Then, a fine and delicate line is drawn by a painter, and a large brush, cobalt color called rose pot by a Dami teacher I paint it while imbibing the lower paint on the fabric. After that, put glaze and bake in a 1,300 degree kiln.

If you notice it, I want it to be a dish you use every day. With the theme of "a tableware with a warmth through the hands of man," Li Shuang, who uses the characteristics of Arita Yaki and proposes a container that suits modern living, is the era of eating at a table 400 years ago. We make new Arita yaki modern in the present-day which changed from table to table.

The Li Zhuang pottery where the end of the Meiji period began. Shinichi Terauchi studied art sculpture from Italian professor Ragusa at Kobu Art School,
After graduating in 1899, he worked as an educator of art in various places in Seto, Tokoname, Arita, China, etc. In 1899, he named it Li Zhuang Studio, and began as a ceramics industry such as Kannon statues, figurines and bands. Yes. And after the war in 1933, it has been converted to household tableware. Currently, he learns design, encounters old Imari pottery, and as the successor to Li Zhuang, the fourth generation succeeds while forming the foundation of old Imari.

The refined beauty of Li Shuang's bowl is a beautiful dyeing of white porcelain on a white porcelain, making it feel the taste of history and the warmth of people. Li Zhuang is a spirit that will keep people's minds in any age and bring in the eyes of beautiful things that are unique to Japan.