Totai Wan

This pottery-body bowl is the work of Koji Nakahara, who studied under Fumio Kawabata and aims to create items that suit modern lifestyles. It is a "totai-shikki" (lacquerware with a ceramic body) piece, featuring a primitive vermilion surface that is exceptionally stylish. To emphasize the unique atmosphere of the ceramic body, despite being a rice bowl, it was painstakingly crafted using the coil-building technique, with the hand-finished texture further enhancing the primitive feel inherent in the work. The bowl is so well-crafted, and the deep red color—achievable only through lacquer—makes the vibrant green of matcha stand out so beautifully, that it would be interesting to use not only as a rice bowl but also as a matcha tea bowl. No box included
Diameter 12.5cm × 12.1cm × Height 6.8cm Koji Nakahara was born in Osaka Prefecture in 1978. He graduated from the advanced course at Nara College of Arts in 2000 and the Bizen Pottery Center in 2001. That same year, he began his apprenticeship under Fumio Kawabata, and in 2007, he joined the Kaneshige Ritoen kiln. Since then, he has actively exhibited his work at the Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition and various public exhibitions. He is currently an associate member of the Japan Kōgei Association.