Vintage, CHAWAN Kutani-ware Sake Porcelian cup set of 7 signed box.

Vintage, CHAWAN Kutani-ware Sake Porcelian cup set of 7 signed box.

Seven Deities of Good Luck : In ancient Japan, it was believed that happiness would come from a foreign land beyond the sea. It is also said that a story spread around the Edo period (c. 1603-1867) that if you sleep with a picture of the Seven Lucky Gods on a treasure boat under your pillow on New Year's Day, the second day of the New Year, or Setsubun night, you will have a good first dream.

Japan. 1970s-1980s

Size box: 27 cm L x 14 cm W x 5.5 cm H

Size cup: 4 cm H x 5.5 cm diameter

The origin of Kutani ware has begun in Edo period.

Kutani ware is pottery established in 1655 by Toshiharu Maeda, the first local load of Daishoji clan which is the temple located in Kaga, Ishikawa prefecture. The pottery stone was discovered in the area called Kutani. And Toshiharu Maeda got interested in it. 

He gave an order to Saijiro Goto who was working on wrought gold to learn how to make pottery. And he established kiln in Kutani area. The Kutani ware made during this period are called “Ko-Kutani” in later generations, and its unique and powerful style is highly regarded as a representative of Japanese colored pottery. In the early 1700s, kiln was closed suddenly but no one still know the reason.

Approximately 100 years after the sudden close of “Ko-kutani”, one kiln called Kasugayama kiln was established in Kanazawa, Ishikawa prefecture. The area was the castle town of Kaga clan, the parent clan of Daishijo clan. And the revival of Kutani started.

A lot of kiln as Yoshidaya kiln, Miyamotoya kiln and Eiraku kiln ware established for revival of Kutani ware. And each kiln created colorful and unique design.