{"title":"Japanese Tableware","description":"\u003cp\u003eMake room for the smaller objects you use and notice. Explore tea and table pieces alongside decorative accents, choosing by purpose, scale and the details that suit your space.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"japanese-tea-cup","title":"Japanese Tea Cup 'Yunomi'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eDeep blue glazed tea cup with a gold landscape of pines and hills, two designs\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landscape in gold on a cup so dark it is nearly black. This yunomi is the tall handleless tea cup of a Japanese table, in a deep blue-black glaze that shines, with a landscape painted round the body in gold: on one, pines on a rocky shore with hills behind and a boat; on the other, pines and a pavilion with its roof among the trees. The gold is a warm one and it catches the light as the cup turns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the cup for green tea at the end of a meal, and the landscape is what a person looks at while the tea cools.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Yunomi, is the tea cup, the everyday one without a handle, and the cup is that shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cup is a glazed ceramic, tall and slightly waisted, with a dark blue glaze fired to a gloss and the landscape applied in gold over it, the inside glazed the same dark blue. It holds a full cup of tea and it is held in two hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse it for green tea, which is what it is for, or coffee, which it does not mind. Hold it with one hand round the body and the other under the base, as the Japanese hold a cup without a handle, and the landscape faces the person opposite, which is the point of painting it on the outside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe gold is the detail: applied over the glaze in fine lines and washes, the pines drawn needle by needle and the hills in a soft gradient, and it is the kind of decoration that wears if it is scrubbed, so it is not. The two designs are two views of the same coast, and the gold on both is applied by hand, so the pines are not identical from one cup to the next. Bought as a pair they make a set for two.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a table it is a dark cup with a gold band. From close the band is a landscape, the pines show their needles, and the glaze its depth. It is the cup for a person who drinks tea slowly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWash by hand in warm water with a soft cloth; the gold does not like a dishwasher or a scourer. Dry upside down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne size, a full cup of tea, about the height of a hand. The two designs are the same cup with a different landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"A","offer_id":59207683899740,"sku":"14:193#A","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"B","offer_id":59207683932508,"sku":"14:1254#B","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/japanese-tea-cup-yunomi-1.jpg?v=1790586306"},{"product_id":"chashaku","title":"Chashaku 'Takesaji'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBamboo matcha scoop, bent at the tip over heat, in pale or dark bamboo\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne piece of bamboo, bent at the end. This chashaku is the scoop of the tea ceremony, a thin length of bamboo split from the cane, shaved flat and bent at the tip over heat into a shallow curve, with the node of the cane left just behind the bend as the tradition asks, in a pale natural bamboo or a dark one smoked brown. It measures a serving of matcha, a scoop and a half to a bowl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the simplest object in the shop and one of the oldest shapes in it, and the two colours are the same tool at two ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Takesaji, is the bamboo spoon, and the scoop is that, though a tea master would call it by its proper name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe scoop is a single strip of bamboo, cut so the node falls near the tip, shaved thin, and bent at the end over a flame so the curve holds; the pale version is the bamboo as cut, the dark version is smoked, which is how old scoops look after years of tea. There is no join and no finish, and no two scoops are the same, because no two canes are: the node falls a little differently on each, and the pale ones darken with handling over years until they look like the smoked one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse it with a matcha bowl: a scoop and a half of powder, tapped from the tip, then the whisk. Between uses it rests on the rim of the tea caddy or in a fold of cloth. It is also, honestly, a good spoon for spices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe node is the detail: the ring of the bamboo cane left just behind the bend, which stiffens the tip and marks the scoop as cut from a real cane rather than a sheet. The dark version shows the node as a darker band.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a table it is a thin bamboo stick with a bent end. From close the bend shows its curve, the node its ring, and the bamboo its grain. It is the scoop for a person who has the bowl and the whisk and wants the third thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWipe with a dry cloth after use; do not wash it in water, which straightens the bend over time. Keep it dry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne size, the standard length of a tea-ceremony scoop, about the length of a hand and a half.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Beige","offer_id":59207684227420,"sku":"14:200006151#1","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Brown","offer_id":59207684260188,"sku":"14:200006152#2","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/chashaku-takesaji-1.jpg?v=1790586301"},{"product_id":"japanese-bento-box","title":"Japanese Bento Box 'Magewappa'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eOval bent-wood bento box with a strap, a wave-print bag and wooden cutlery\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA lunch box bent from wood, with everything it needs. This bento is an oval box in a pale bent wood with a fitted lid, held shut by a black elastic strap, and it comes in a navy drawstring bag printed with the overlapping-wave pattern, with a matching pouch that holds a pair of wooden chopsticks, a spoon and a fork. The photograph shows the lot laid out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the lunch box of the Japanese office worker and the schoolchild, the kind that makes the rice taste of wood, and the bag and the cutlery are what make it a set rather than a box.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Magewappa, is the bent-wood box, the craft of steaming a thin board and bending it round a form, and the box is made that way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe box is a thin wood board bent into an oval and joined at the side, with a flat base and a lid that sits inside the rim, finished smooth and unpainted inside, with the strap in black elastic. The bag and the pouch are a printed cloth with a drawstring, and the cutlery is a dark wood with a pale tip.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePack it the Japanese way: rice on one side, three or four things on the other, packed tight so nothing moves, and strap it. The wood breathes, so the rice does not sweat, and the box is light in a bag. The chopsticks, the spoon and the fork cover anything you pack.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe bend is the detail: the wood is one piece bent round and stitched at the join, which is how the boxes of the north of Japan have been shaped for centuries, and the grain runs round the oval. The wave print on the bag is the range's own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a table it is a pale oval box in a blue bag. From close the box shows its join and its grain, the bag its waves, and the cutlery its two woods. It is the box for a person who takes lunch to work and wants to look forward to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWash the box by hand in warm water without soaking, and dry it lid off; do not put it in a dishwasher or a microwave. Wash the cutlery by hand. The bag can be hand washed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne size, a lunch for one. The box is the length of a hand and a half; the bag holds it with the pouch alongside.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59207684555100,"sku":"14:200660828#18","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/japanese-bento-box-magewappa-1.jpg?v=1790586299"},{"product_id":"matcha-set","title":"Matcha Set 'Chasen'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMatcha set with a spouted bowl, bamboo whisk, stand and scoop, in black or white\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything you need to whisk a bowl of matcha, in one colour. This set is a stoneware bowl with a small pouring lip at the rim, a bamboo whisk with its tines split fine and curled, a stoneware stand the whisk rests on upside down so the tines keep their curl, and a bamboo scoop for the powder, in a matte black glaze or a speckled white. The photographs show both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the set for making matcha at home without a tea master, and the pouring lip is the modern touch: it lets the tea go into a cup or a latte.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Chasen, is the bamboo whisk, the one tool a matcha set cannot do without, and the set is named for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe bowl is a glazed stoneware, wide and low with a lip, the stand a small glazed cone, and the whisk and the scoop are bamboo, the whisk cut from a single piece into eighty or so tines and the scoop bent at the tip over heat. The black set is matte throughout; the white is a speckled glaze on the stoneware and pale bamboo. Both bowls are wide enough to whisk in without splashing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse it every morning: a scoop and a half of powder in the bowl, a splash of water just off the boil, and whisk in a fast zigzag until the surface foams, then drink from the bowl or pour from the lip. Rest the whisk on its stand to dry, tines down, and it lasts a year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stand is the detail: a small cone the whisk sits over after washing, which keeps the tines curled outward instead of collapsing, and it is the piece most home sets leave out. The lip on the bowl is the other, and it is not traditional, and it is useful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a table it is a bowl, a whisk and a cone in one colour. From close the whisk shows its tines, the bowl its lip, and the glaze its matte or its speckle. It is the set for a person who drinks matcha and wants to make it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWash the bowl and the stand by hand; rinse the whisk in warm water only, no soap, and dry it on the stand. The scoop is wiped, not washed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne size. The bowl holds a single serving with room to whisk; the whisk and the scoop are the standard length.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Black","offer_id":59207684784476,"sku":"14:200661016#Black","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"White","offer_id":59207684817244,"sku":"14:200006151#White","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/matcha-set-chasen-1.jpg?v=1790586294"},{"product_id":"sake-set","title":"Sake Set 'Tokkuri'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eSake set in speckled stoneware with blue carp, flask, warming jar and six cups\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA carp on every piece, and a jar to warm the flask in. This sake set is a cream stoneware flecked with brown, each piece painted with a blue carp mid-leap: a flask with a narrow neck, a cork stopper and a cord round it, a tall jar the flask stands in to be warmed in hot water, six small cups with a blue rim, and a round tray with a blue edge to carry it all. The photographs show the set on the tray, the flask in the jar, and a pair of hands pouring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the set for sake served the Japanese way, warm in winter and cold in summer, and the warming jar is what makes it more than a bottle and cups.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Tokkuri, is the flask, the narrow-necked bottle sake is poured from, and the set is built round it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery piece is a glazed stoneware with a speckled cream body and a blue underglaze, the carp painted by brush on each, the flask stoppered with cork on a cord, the cups small enough to hold in a curled hand, and the tray flat with a low rim. The jar is open, the height of the flask, for hot water.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse it as it is meant: fill the jar with hot water, stand the flask in it for a few minutes, and pour for a guest, who pours for you; nobody pours for themselves. Cold, the flask goes straight to the tray. The cups hold two mouthfuls, which is the right amount, and six of them means a table.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe carp is the detail: the same fish on the flask, the jar and every cup, painted in a strong blue with its scales and its fins, leaping on each piece in the same direction, so the set reads as a school. The cork on its cord is the other, because a stoppered flask keeps sake overnight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a table it is a cream set with blue fish. From close the fish show their scales, the stoneware its speckles, and the rim its blue line. It is the set for a person who serves sake and wants the jar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWash by hand in warm water; the stoneware takes a dishwasher but the cork does not. Dry the jar upside down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull set: one flask, one warming jar, six cups and one tray. The flask holds a serving for a table; every piece is photographed at the same scale as the rest of the tableware, so the pages compare.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Full Set","offer_id":59207685112156,"sku":"14:200006154#F","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/sake-set-tokkuri-1.jpg?v=1790586287"}],"url":"https:\/\/yonaku.com\/collections\/japanese-tableware.oembed","provider":"YONAKU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}