Kyō-yaki Chawan "Water with Fan"
About Ninsei Seal
Nonomura Ninsei (野々村仁清), the legendary 17th-century master who founded Kyoto overglaze enamelware under the support of the imperial court and tea master. In traditional Kyoto ceramics, the Ninsei seal indicates that the piece is an homage reproducing the forms, fine crackled glazes, and courtly decorative elegance of his historical catalog.
Type: Kyō-yaki, or Kiyomizu-yaki (京焼・清水焼)
Meaning of the graphic
Origin & Meaning: "Kanze-mizu & Ōgi Kiku".
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Wave (Kanze-mizu): A classic Noh theater and Rinpa school water motif representing purity, renewal, and time washing away misfortune.
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Chrysanthemum (Kiku): The imperial symbol of Japan representing nobility, longevity, and endurance through frost. In the tea ceremony, it's used usually around Mid-to-late Autumn.
- The gold-leaf swirling water currents (Kanze-mizu) alongside an open fan with dense layered chrysanthemums (kiku) and sea-waves.
Care guide
Handwash after using, the golden handpainted area might fade if using dishwasher.
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code Welcome12 for 1st time purchaseHow to Prepare?
- Take 2.2-2.5g of powder in a tea bowl
- Add 25ml of WARM water
- Whisk in V-W motion, as fast as you can
- Enjoy with your chosen milk (100ml) or just water.
- Take 2.2g of powder in a tea bowl
- Add 25ml of WARM water
- Whisk until no visible clumps
- Enjoy with COW or OAT milk
- Take 3g of loose tea
- Add BOILING hot water into your 280ml teapot or teacup
- Place a lid and let it brew
- Remove the tea after 3 minutes
- Use 2g (one teaspoon) of tea
- Add 90 degrees water into your 280ml teapot or teacup.
- Place a lid to brew it, not cooking it.
- Remove the tea after 2 minutes
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