Shigaraki Pottery Japan Flower Vase Kado Ikebana Black with Gold Line

Shigaraki ware is pottery and stoneware made in Shigaraki area, Japan. The kiln is one of the ‘Six Old Kilns’ in Japan. Although figures representing the Tanuki are a popular product included as Shigaraki ware, the kiln and local pottery tradition has a long history. "Kado Ikebana" is a traditional Japanese art originating from the Heian period in which flowers and plants are specially arranged in a vase for appreciation. Those flowers are usually displayed in tokonoma. ※tokonoma: an alcove in a traditional Japanese room where art and ikebana are displayed. It is said that Ikebana began when the Buddhist monk offered flowers before a mortuary tablet. Flowers and plants in ikebana represent human life and express its beauty and venerableness. In Ikebana, flowers also represent heaven, earth and man, which are to be arranged in a proper balance. Japanese people enjoy seeing the mystic power of plants expressed in the flower organ.