This yunomi stye cup was made by Hironobu Ogawa in Hagi.

The Muro-o kiln is the workshop of ceramic artist Hironobu Ogawa.  A journeyman in pottery, Ogawa began work in his hometown of Osaka before eventually arriving in his current base of Hagi, western Japan.  Hagi has a deep pottery tradition as is known for soft-colour glazes and its classical tea ware. Ogawa, as always, has a slightly different approach; Adapting the traditional white glaze of the Hagi style, he brings a bubbling, elemental quality to his work. The results are patterns that resemble white lava formations on red soil.