While Mr. Kajimara makes all the mushrooms and acorns, Mrs. Kajiwara has given life to the acorns.  She turns them into fairies and they literally took over the Yamamru Kiln (they populated the property!)  Recently, Mrs. Kajiwara assigned them a new job as a ceramic incense holder.  Always limited in quantity, as the Kajiwara is very busy making mugs and plates.  
 
Acorn fairy ceramic figurines are all handmade so each one is different, some are chubby, some are short.  And all are cute.  Handmade with all natural local clay and glazes, it pairs perfectly with our all-natual handcrafted cedar leaf incense by Mr. Baba.   Check out the the gift set that comes with the incense holder and Baba incense.
 
Koishiwara-ware takes pride in carrying over 300 years of pottery history, making "mingei" humble utilitarian works, using only locally harvested raw material.  Up in the remote mountain,  potters escavate rocks and minerals to process their own clay and glazes.  Everything is hand-thrown and handbuilt.  And many use their beautiful surrounding as their inspiration.    Their work was praised by Masters Yanagi Muneyoshi and Bernard Leach during the Mingei Movement in the early 1900s as "Functional Beauty".   Read the stories about Koishiwara-ware and Yamamaru Kiln. 
 
HAND MADE in JAPAN