{"title":"Hagi Ware — 萩焼","description":"\u003cp\u003eHagi ware (萩焼) is a Japanese ceramic tradition from Yamaguchi Prefecture, prized in the tea ceremony for its soft glazes, warm clay body, and quiet presence in the hand. Its defining quality is transformation: the fine network of glaze crackle absorbs tea over years of use, so the surface slowly deepens in tone. A Hagi vessel is not finished when it leaves the kiln. It is finished by the person who uses it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRenaras, an Amsterdam atelier known for its work with Japanese ceremonial silk, selects Hagi ware directly from established Japanese artisans. Each piece is made by hand; glaze, weight, and tone vary from work to work, which is precisely the point. These works sit naturally beside our silk — two traditions, one table.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat is Hagi ware?\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eHagi ware is handmade Japanese pottery from the town of Hagi in Yamaguchi Prefecture, with a history reaching back over four centuries. It is best known for tea bowls, tea ware, and tableware in muted, translucent glazes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHow does Hagi ware change with use?\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe glaze of Hagi ware carries a fine crackle that gradually absorbs tea, deepening the colour of the vessel over years. In Japan this slow change is considered part of the work's beauty, not a flaw.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAre these works made by named artisans?\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eYes. Every Hagi ware piece at Renaras is attributed to the artisan or workshop that made it, and each listing names its maker.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"hohin-teapot-set-hagi-ware-taian-seki","title":"Hōhin Teapot Set — Hagi Ware by Taian Seki","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis hōhin (宝瓶) teapot set is Hagi ware (萩焼), made by hand by Taian Seki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan — a handleless teapot with lid and two cups, glazed in poured flows of vermilion, cobalt, turquoise, and yellow over a milk-white ground. The colours run and break like minerals through stone; the glaze decides its own course, and no surface in the set repeats another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA hōhin is a teapot without a handle, held directly in the hand — a form traditionally used for fine green teas brewed at gentle temperatures, where the pot stays cool enough to hold. It is tea at its most unhurried.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe unglazed feet reveal the warm orange clay Hagi is known for, left bare as the tradition asks. Hagi glazes carry a fine crackle that absorbs tea over years of use, so the set will slowly deepen in tone — finished not in the kiln, but by the hands that use it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRenaras, an Amsterdam atelier known for its work with Japanese ceremonial silk, selects Hagi ware directly from established Japanese artisans. One set is available.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet: one hōhin teapot with lid, two cups\u003cbr\u003eTeapot: 9 cm high, 8 cm diameter\u003cbr\u003eCups: 5 cm high, 5.5 cm diameter\u003cbr\u003eMaterial: glazed ceramic — Hagi ware (萩焼)\u003cbr\u003eMaker: Taian Seki\u003cbr\u003eOrigin: Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan\u003cbr\u003eEach piece is individually made; the glaze flow varies across the set\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Renaras","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53638506774875,"sku":null,"price":225.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0956\/8147\/9003\/files\/Screenshot2026-07-08at22.02.18.png?v=1784726473"},{"product_id":"chicken-ornament-hagi-ware-tenryu","title":"Chicken Ornament — Hagi Ware by Tenryū","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis chicken ornament is Hagi ware (萩焼), made at the Tenryū kiln in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan — two birds modelled in white-glazed clay, their feathers drawn in fine strokes of gold, combs in matt red, resting beside a straw bale worked into the base.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Japan, ceramic figures of this kind are called okimono (置物) — objects made purely to be placed and regarded. This one carries Hagi's signature quietly: the milk-white glaze breaks to warm clay at the raised edges, and the gold sits in the feathering like late light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRenaras, an Amsterdam atelier known for its work with Japanese ceremonial silk, selects Hagi ware directly from established Japanese artisans. An okimono asks only for a place to stand — a shelf, a windowsill, the corner of a desk where the eye rests between tasks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHeight: 19.5 cm\u003cbr\u003eLength: 20 cm\u003cbr\u003eMaterial: glazed ceramic — Hagi ware (萩焼)\u003cbr\u003eKiln: Tenryū\u003cbr\u003eOrigin: Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan\u003cbr\u003eIndividually made; glaze and gold detail vary from piece to piece\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Renaras","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53639111377243,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0956\/8147\/9003\/files\/Screenshot2026-07-09at18.44.36.png?v=1784737688"},{"product_id":"ao-hagi-blue-serving-bowl-seigan-yamane","title":"Ao-Hagi Blue Serving Bowl — Hagi Ware by Seigan Yamane","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis ao-hagi (青萩) serving bowl is contemporary Hagi ware (萩焼) by Seigan Yamane (山根清玩) of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan — 18 cm across, made in the early 21st century and glazed in the deep mineral blue that gives the ao-hagi tradition its name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe glaze holds its colour in layers: a night-blue ground, a mist of pale blue breaking across the well like light moving under water, the rim darkening to iron. A small pouring lip is drawn from the edge — a quiet gesture that makes the bowl as at home serving as it is standing alone. Underneath, the coarse unglazed foot ring shows the raw Hagi clay, left bare as the tradition asks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRenaras, an Amsterdam atelier known for its work with Japanese ceremonial silk, selects Hagi ware directly from established Japanese artisans. A bowl like this asks to be used — fruit, a shared course, water for a single stem — and the glaze rewards the habit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiameter: 18 cm\u003cbr\u003eHeight: 7.5 cm\u003cbr\u003eMaterial: glazed ceramic — Hagi ware (萩焼), ao-hagi (青萩) glaze\u003cbr\u003eMaker: Seigan Yamane (山根清玩)\u003cbr\u003eOrigin: Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan\u003cbr\u003ePeriod: early 21st century\u003cbr\u003eIndividually made; the glaze flow is particular to this bowl\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Renaras","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53639340392795,"sku":null,"price":210.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0956\/8147\/9003\/files\/Screenshot2026-07-13at09.40.58.png?v=1784737812"},{"product_id":"matcha-bowl-hagi-ware-chawan-issai-saito","title":"Matcha Bowl — Hagi Ware Chawan by Issai Saito","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis matcha bowl (chawan, 茶碗) is handmade Hagi ware (萩焼) by Japanese potter Issai Saito, thrown in the Hagi tea-ware tradition — 13 cm across, 8 cm high, and glazed in the loquat-white wood-ash glaze characteristic of the ware.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fine kannyū (貫入) crackle breaks across the wall and interior. The glaze thins at the rim and pools toward the base, where a diagonal cut exposes the raw reddish clay of the foot — a defining trait of Hagi. The porous body is prized in the tradition for the way it matures with use: tea settles into the crackle over years, and the bowl slowly deepens in tone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrown and glazed by hand. As with all Hagi ware, glaze pooling, crackle pattern, and surface tone vary from bowl to bowl; each is its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRenaras, an Amsterdam atelier known for its work with Japanese ceremonial silk, selects Hagi ware directly from established Japanese artisans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHeight: 8 cm\u003cbr\u003eDiameter: 13 cm\u003cbr\u003eMaterial: stoneware — Hagi ware (萩焼), wood-ash glaze with kannyū (貫入) crackle\u003cbr\u003eMaker: Issai Saito\u003cbr\u003eOrigin: Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan\u003cbr\u003eCare: hand-wash only\u003cbr\u003eIndividually made; glaze pooling and crackle are particular to this bowl\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Renaras","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53639416545627,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0956\/8147\/9003\/files\/Screenshot2026-07-10at23.21.30.png?v=1784738430"},{"product_id":"oval-serving-plates-seigan-yamane-set-of-2","title":"Oval Serving Plates — Hagi Ware by Seigan Yamane, Set of Two","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis pair of oval serving plates is Hagi ware (萩焼) by Japanese potter Seigan Yamane (山根清玩) — each glazed in deep cobalt that pools from a pale blue centre to an indigo rim, finished with an iron-brown edge. Shōwa period; 31 × 16 × 3.5 cm each.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe glaze breaks unevenly across each surface — lighter where it thins over the rise of the well, darker in the recesses. The rims are irregular and hand-formed, the feet left bare-bodied, and both reverses carry the potter's impressed seal. No two firings settle the glaze identically, so the two plates read as a matched pair rather than duplicates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRenaras, an Amsterdam atelier known for its work with Japanese ceremonial silk, selects Hagi ware directly from established Japanese artisans. Plates of this length are made for the shared middle of the table — fish, seasonal vegetables, whatever is meant to be passed rather than portioned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet: two oval serving plates, sold as a pair\u003cbr\u003eEach: 31 × 16 × 3.5 cm\u003cbr\u003eMaterial: glazed stoneware — Hagi ware (萩焼)\u003cbr\u003eMaker: Seigan Yamane (山根清玩), impressed seal on each reverse\u003cbr\u003eOrigin: Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan\u003cbr\u003ePeriod: Shōwa\u003cbr\u003eThe glaze settles differently on each plate; the pair is matched, not duplicated\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Renaras","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53639874740571,"sku":null,"price":235.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0956\/8147\/9003\/files\/Screenshot2026-07-13at23.25.26.png?v=1784750282"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0956\/8147\/9003\/collections\/Screenshot2026-07-13at10.01.55.png?v=1784743367","url":"https:\/\/renaras.com\/de\/collections\/hagi-ware.oembed","provider":"Renaras","version":"1.0","type":"link"}