Gen-emon Kiln Year of the Snake Sake Cups #1 Ito Motohiko Kasama-ware Chawan Katsura Gama was founded in

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

This listing is for an aka raku chawan made around 10 years ago by Katsura Gama

and he was designated as a Living National Treasure in 1997

Yamakawa Atsushi

Gen-emon Kiln Year of the Snake Sake Cups #1 Ito Motohiko Kasama-ware Chawan Katsura Gama was founded in*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.