Seto ware

This stoneware dish (ishizara) made in the Edo period (1603–1868) for everyday use is a masterpiece. It has animals and flowering plants painted on in a carefree manner. The appealing "tsuba" on this dish, which was produced for durability. Clockwise from upper left are, a stoneware dish with three-layered pine in underglaze iron brown, a stoneware dish with willow in in underglaze blue and iron brown, a stoneware dish with a chrysanthemum design, a stoneware dish with the first dream of the New Year in underglaze blue and iron brown, and a stoneware dish with a monkey pattern in underglaze blue