Glazed clay cup for preparing sencha-do, grey and chalice-shaped. Yunomi means tea cup, literally drinking hot water. Handmade by Maruta Shuichi in the Hoshino ceramic style. Wood-fired in a noborigama (Japanese hanging kiln) called Jugomori in the village of Hoshino.
For more on the history of Hoshinoyaki and the visit to the artist, see
New wood-fired ceramics from Hoshino.
