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Featured Products
Asemi Co.'s Seto-yaki Cups combine timeless design with traditional crafts. Each piece is made carefully by hand using natural clay and glazes.
Asemi Co.'s Seto-yaki cups come in two different finishes - "Oribe" and "Kiseto".
Get to know more about Seto-yaki here and about our Seto-yaki artisan here.
Large - approx. 230ml / roughly h10cm x w7cm
Small - approx. 100ml / roughly h6cm x w7cm
Due to these cups being handmade, sizes may differ slightly.
Seto-yaki cups are NOT dishwasher and microwave safe.
This very unique style will make your espresso or tea session stand out. Unlike most other firing methods, the kiln of artisan Masami Taniguchi smokes the cups, which leads to the amazing blueish and rough finish. Each cup is one of a kind because the outcome is unpredictable.
Prime fired porcelain cups are imported from Hasami, and a few layers of a special glaze is applied on them. As his speciality, Masami Taniguchi fires the cups in a kiln that was formally used for roof tiles.
Kasama-yaki is made in Kasama, Ibaraki Prefecture. Kasama-yaki has its roots in the 18th century and grew soon to one of the bigger pottery producing regions in the Kanto area. Today, about 300 Kilns are active and produce a variety of styles and materials. As a pottery style with no particular regional clay, it imports raw material from other regions, giving it limitless possibilities.
The cups come in our special artisan line packaging.
The Kasama-yaki cups cannot be used in the microwave, but may be used in the dish washer.
Contemporary folk craft cups with an amazing subtle metallic gloss & unique “Tobikanna“ details.
The black metallic finish of our Koishiwara-yaki cup is achieved through a unique glaze developed by our Koishiwara Artisan. He mixes iron powder to the rice straw ash that he uses as the glaze.
The distinct pattern on our cups is done with a technique called “Tobikanna.” The artisan uses a metal tool to apply chatter markings on the half-dry surface of the cup, while it is turning on the potter’s wheel. True to its name the “jumping iron” leaves the typical Koishiwara-Yaki markings behind.
The first of our Hasami Special Edition Line, which will contain limited batches of Hasami cups with experimental glazes.
Looking for something really special?
In this release, half of the cup was dipped into dark bronze shaded glaze, which changes appearance depending on the light. The bottom half of the cup is left unglazed, so you get even more of the amazingly smooth haptic of raw porcelain.