Hai-Yu Sake Flask

Description from Toiro

Ash Glaze

Hai-Yu glaze has a pale gray color and has natural wabi sabi texture and gradation.

True “Terroir” of Iga

Iga region, where this pottery is made, used to be the bed of Lake Biwa about 4 million years ago. The clay is coarse and consists of a high level of pre-historic fossilized microorganisms that leave the clay porous when fired. With this effect, when Iga-yaki (Iga-style) pottery is crafted by artisanal hands, it creates the signature wabi-sabi (“unfinished beauty”) look. This exceptional wabi-sabi beauty of Iga-yaki pottery has been praised by pottery lovers in Japan over centuries.

All the donabe and Iga-yaki products made by Nagatani-en are hand-crafted with care, so every piece is unique and no two pieces are identical. There are slight variations within the color/ shade, shape/ curve, and patterns, among pieces, and that makes each piece so special. Also under different lighting and angle, the actual color shade and nuance may also appear slightly different from the photos in the product page.

• Size: 3.1” diameter x 4.7” high (8 cm diameter x 12 cm high)
• Weight: 7.5 oz (210 g)
• Material: Clay
• Producer: Nagatani-en
• Origin: Iga, Japan