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Shirahana Cup & Saucer

Hitoshi Morimoto’s Shirahana series is made using the same clay from local rice paddies used to produce the Bizen ware that is the dominant style of the region in Okayama where he lives and works. To achieve a neutral tone he fires the works in a kerosene kiln rather than the wood fired noborigama used to fire his bizen work.

Hitoshi Morimoto
Hitoshi Morimoto was born into a kiln owning family in Okayama Prefecture. After graduating from Tokyo Zokei University, he apprenticed in Mino City before returning to the family kiln in Okayama where he currently produces ceramic tableware and vessels for tea ceremony and ikebana. While the majority of Morimoto's ceramics are unglazed Bizen Ware, wood fired in a noborigama, he also produces work in other styles using a variety of glazes.