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Sometsuke Jimon Nagasara (染付地文長皿)

This is an Arita ware plate which Hidezumi-san has created.
He has painted the traditional patterns at both ends and the pomegranate pattern on the ceter of dish.
Large dish is suitable for raw fishes cut into piece, osushi.
Small plate is also used for sake cup or small bowl.
This is a set of two plates (Large 1 pc, Small 1 pc).

Sometsuke (染付)
- A pottery with blue pictures and patterns on a white background-

It refers to the skill of blue-painting on a unglazed ceramic.
Patterns are painted with a "gosu" containing cobalt oxide that turns blue color.
And it's baked after being glazed on top of it.

Sometsuke has been made from the early days of Arita ware in 1610s.
At first it was influenced the Chinese pottery, there's a pile of efforts by potters and
today's sometsuke has one kind of exquisite beauty even in its simplicity.