Small Earthenware Tanuki Bell antique seto plate Honnoji Temple(Tokyo)

Honnoji Temple(Tokyo)

Please note that Umanome pieces were never signed as they were mass produced utilitarian wares

promising to meet Tomonari again someday

The Kutani mark can be found on the bottom of each piece

and in 1994 he received the Fukuoka City Board of Education Chairman Award at the Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition

Small Earthenware Tanuki Bell antique seto plate Honnoji Temple(Tokyo)*SHIPPING OPTIONS VARY DEPENDING ON THE DESTINATION, PLEASE SCROLL TO THE END OF THIS LISTING FOR MORE DETAILS. This listing is for a small earthenware tanuki bell. He is holding the customary sake bottle and promissory note, and sports a large straw hat. Traditionally tanuki were portrayed as sleek creatures much like kitsune, however these rotund types can be traced back to the latter part of the Edo Period. The promissory note and straw hat are a