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Benizome O-Bachi Hisho (紅染大鉢 燦々)

This is an Arita ware bowl which Shomura-san has created.
The title of "sansan" means the appearance of the warm sun shining brightly.
This is a very large pot with diameter of 50cm or more, so Shomura-san packs it carefully.
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Benizome (紅染)
One baseball player asked Shomura-san for production of a retirement gift,
then he tried to make the original color that intensely suits the meaning of regeneration.
He finally accomplished the "benizome" dyeing.
Fantastic hue has comes out with glazes which is melted together.

Akae-machi (赤絵町)
There is the district called Akae-machi along the street passing through Arita-cho.
Here, manual industry business specialized in overglaze were gathered in the Edo era.
So many overglaze enamel porcelains have been long making.
The Bankogamashoken kiln was established in 1884, and had named from the first potter's Kenkichi.
It stands near the Kakiemon-gama which is one of the most well-known pottery in Japan.