Gen-emon Kiln Year of the Snake Sake Cups #1 Ito Motohiko Kasama-ware Chawan and this gradually disappears as

and this gradually disappears as the tatami ages

It’s in very good condition aside from some general surface wear

He apprenticed under Sakaida Kakiemon XIV and went on to develop his own minimalist style of wares

Yamakawa Atsushi

Katsura Gama was founded in 1953 in the Arashiyama district of Kyoto near Katsura River

Gen-emon Kiln Year of the Snake Sake Cups #1 Ito Motohiko Kasama-ware Chawan and this gradually disappears as*SHIPPING OPTIONS VARY DEPENDING ON THE DESTINATION, PLEASE SCROLL TO THE END OF THIS LISTING FOR MORE DETAILS. This listing is for a pair of hand painted Arita ware sake cups made by the prestigious Gen emon kiln. They are made of porcelain and are decorated with hand painted depictions of a blue and a red snake over a white porcelain background. The cups are small in size and were most likely made to commemorate the Year of the Snake back in 2013.