Kozan-ji Temple Choju Giga Katakuchi Sake Carafe - Japanese Traditional Sake Pourer with Animal Scroll Design - Perfect for Home Bars, Japanese Restaurants & Cultural Gift Giving

Product Description

Featuring the distinctive “nami-yu” glaze, which is made from the ashes of the Kyoto forest, this Katakuchi Sake carafe has a natural base color of yellowish cream-white. With the design of "Choju Giga", you can enjoy the company of playful rabbits, frogs, and a fox entertaining your sake drinking experience. 

The paintwork is done by individual Japanese-style painters, pursuing their own originality and depth beyond the expectations for a mere decoration. 

This Katakuchi Sake carafe depicts the famous illustrated scroll named "Choju Giga," which is a caricature picture scroll depicting anthropomorphic animals and their playfulness, dating from the 12th to 13th centuries. These designs from the picture scrolls are designated as a Japanese national treasure in Kozan-ji Temple in Kyoto. Please enjoy these humorous and playful works intricately depicted through Tosen Kiln’s painting techniques.

The handle is made of the branch, giving a contrast between the smooth stoneware and the rustic texture of wood. Holding the carafe, we see the picture of a wrestling match between a frog and a rabbit. The carafe is very light, and the rim is stroked by a handwritten line of gold. The lower part of the carafe is faintly brushed with gold to portray grass. The other side of the carafe depicts a fox enjoying the wrestling, turning the item around playfully completes the comical scene.