[Tea utensils/tea ceremony tools Matcha tea bowl] Ash glaze Adonis flower by Ryoji Nakamura, shoe shape

●What is Adonis flower? A perennial plant native to Japan that is commonly found in the mountains and fields from Hokkaido to Honshu. It blooms with cute, bowl-shaped flowers from winter to spring.
It grows naturally under deciduous trees in the mountains and fields.

Its Japanese name means happiness and longevity, and it was given as a flower to celebrate the New Year.
It is also called "New Year's flower" or "New Year's flower" because it blooms around the time of the Lunar New Year.
Adonis flowers bloom from January to April, and is at its best in March. In particular, it is often planted together with nanten in the New Year decorations. This is because the sound of nanten means "turning away difficulties," and when combined with nanten, it means "turning difficulties into good fortune."

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Size: Approx. 12.7 x 11.2 x 7.5 cm
Author: Ryoji Nakamura
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[(real name Ryoji Nakamura)] (Younger brother of Akiho Nakamura)
Born in Higashiyama, Kyoto in 1955
1979: Graduated from Kyoto Prefectural Pottery Technical College, Molding Department and Research Department
After that, he studied Kiyomizu ware under Inoue Shunpo, Nakamura Suiran, and Nakamura Shuho.
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Box: Wooden box