ZenKiln Journal | Japanese Ceramics, Lucky Cat Meanings & Gift Guides – Page 2

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Illustrative arrangement of pale Hagi-style bowls, cups, and a flask on a wooden table.

Craft & Kilns

Hagi Ware and the Seven Changes

Illustrative arrangement of blue-and-white Hasami-style porcelain for an everyday table.

Craft & Kilns

Hasami Porcelain for Everyday Tables

Two Tabata Mino ware Double-Wall Rock Cups, one Black Luster and one Bordeaux, on a wooden home dining table; illustrative setting.

Craft & Kilns

Mino Ware: Shino, Oribe and Beyond

White floral Kutani lucky cat with both paws raised on a shaded wooden entryway cabinet.

Lucky cats

White Maneki Neko Meaning: A Familiar Symbol of Good Fortune

Pink Sakura and floral Kutani lucky cats on a wooden shelf beside a notebook.

Lucky cats

Pink Maneki Neko Meaning: The Lucky Cat of Love

Entrance of the Nezu Museum in Tokyo, photographed in 2014 by Kentin.

Studio notes

Nezu Museum Ceramics Exhibition 2026: A Visitor's Guide

Unglazed red Tokoname kyusu beside a Tokoname maneki neko coin bank and cup of green tea.

Craft & Kilns

Tokoname Ware: Kyusu and Red Clay

Ochoko, guinomi, and sakazuki sake cups arranged beside a ceramic tokkuri.

At the Table

How to Choose a Japanese Sake Cup: Ochoko, Guinomi, Sakazuki

Seto ware vessels displaying yellow, black, white, green, red, and ash glazes.

Craft & Kilns

Seto Ware: Pottery, Porcelain and Glazes

Illustrative scene of a Japanese ceramic bowl being examined with a loupe beside a wooden box; not an authentication example.

Ceramics

Japanese Pottery: Checking Making, Marks and Provenance

Paired Japanese Kutani cups and Edo Kiriko glasses arranged as wedding gifts on warm washi paper

Gifts

Japanese Wedding & Newlywed Gifts: Ideas and Etiquette

Editorial illustration of a blue-and-white porcelain bowl with pine, bamboo and plum motifs on a pale cloth table; not a specific catalogue product or historic artifact.

Craft & Kilns

Arita: The Beginnings of Japanese Porcelain