{"product_id":"yokei-mizuno-yk70-nanban-hidasuki-mogake-seaweed-tall-kyusu-teapot-水野陽景藻掛","title":"YOKEI MIZUNO YK70 Nanban Hidasuki Mogake Seaweed Tall Kyusu Teapot  水野陽景藻掛","description":"\u003cp\u003eYOKEI MIZUNO Nanban Hidasuki Mogake Seaweed Teapot \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNanban\u003c\/strong\u003e: Textured\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHidasuki:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fire line by rice straw \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMogake\u003c\/strong\u003e: Seaweed pattern\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThin body, light in weight, very detailed  work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePretty and sophisticated shape .\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeautiful pattern is from Rice Straw and Seaweed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRice Straw (Hidasuki Fire lines) makes bold orange lines. \u003cbr\u003eSeaweed (Mogake) makes thin brown pattern and green seaweed glazing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClay is Yokei's original - Blend of Tokoname mountain clay, Tokoname rice field clay and Shigaraki clay. Tokoname rice field clay contains iron and make the body color tasteful. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYokei fired the pot three times. Fired with reduced oxygen atmosphere (reduction firing) body becomes grayish with orange marble like seen in the photo.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStraw orange and Seaweed brown and green are very beautiful on gray-orange-marble body.  Everything is harmonized.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor seaweed, delicate spring seaweed are used. Yokei picked them in the sea and aged a few years to make ideal color of seaweed lines on teapots.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo make the seaweed art \"right\", \u003cspan\u003esalinity in the seaweed is the one of the keys. After picking up the seaweed, it is important to wash and dry seaweed to control salinity. For example, too much salt in seaweed, it damages teapot body. Short of salt doesn't make pattern.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout Mogake(seaweed) process\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shihateacomfort.com\/japanese-teapot-with-seaweed-pattern-soil-and-oceans-beauty\/\"\u003ehttps:\/\/shihateacomfort.com\/japanese-teapot-with-seaweed-pattern-soil-and-oceans-beauty\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0440\/8547\/7527\/files\/91_480x480.png?v=1633760712\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSurface of the body is \"textured\" - it look so natural and feels of clay is simple. This texture is called \"Nanban\" in Japanese. Master Yokei's very high technique  can make this texture. He only used right hand (no support of left hand) to form the shape. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerfect fit of the lid to the body. You feel \"perfect fitting\" every time you place the lid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood to brew Green tea, Woolong tea, White Tea, Black tea, any kind of tea! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist of the teapot is Yokei Mizuno, born in 1956, great teapot artist in Tokoname, Japan. Elegance and simplicity coexist in his works. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis teapot is very thin and light in weight -as if there is only air in the box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0440\/8547\/7527\/files\/mizunoyokeihidasuki_480x480.png?v=1690216603\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArtist :  Yokei Mizuno \u003cbr\u003eCapacity : Approx. 235ml \u003cbr\u003eBox : Wood Box\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCup is not included. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shihateapot.com\/collections\/yokei\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0440\/8547\/7527\/files\/1_480x480.png?v=1602586919\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SHIHA TEAPOT SHOP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68024633589911,"sku":null,"price":56000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0440\/8547\/7527\/files\/s-PA072495.jpg?v=1791622166","url":"https:\/\/shihateapot.com\/de\/products\/yokei-mizuno-yk70-nanban-hidasuki-mogake-seaweed-tall-kyusu-teapot-%e6%b0%b4%e9%87%8e%e9%99%bd%e6%99%af%e8%97%bb%e6%8e%9b","provider":"SHIHA TEAPOT SHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}