Willow at Willow Manor and her friend at About New York posted some beautiful plates on their blogs and ...well... I thought...
since I still haven't found all the boxes with my tableware in it, maybe this would be the perfect type of thing to give me the incentive to move my butt and get those plates found!
This plate comes in a box made of paulownia. Lots of precious things in Japan are kept in boxes or drawers made of this wood. The Kanji on the box (the one in the middle 皿) is "sara" and it means plate (or dish). It was made by the potter, Ryoshu. He is one of the many brilliant potters from Arita in Saga Prefecture (located on the western coast of the Kyushu island).This next plate is from the Maebata China Corporation.
I like how the inside is a simple blue and white with a gold rim and the outside is...
red, gold and black.
This will never go into the microwave...
and now for some smaller dishes...since Japan may have many large plates, we often use lots of small dishes to decorate the dining table...
these are the ones I use on a daily basis. They are from one of my most favorite china makers in Japan... Fukagawa.
..and then there is one very simple dish.
I use this one for "edamame" (boiled green soybeans)...sorry I don't have any today...
This is a simple dish, I have lost the details on who made it.
I like how it fits perfectly into my hand.
There is a shiny glazed area but it also has a rough, granola type feel to it too.
The bamboo leaves are the accent... in which this dish speaks.
