{"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","url":"https:\/\/yonaku.com\/products\/japanese-tea-cup","provider":"YONAKU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}