Toshiko Ochiai : ceramic tea-leaf burner
Enjoy the fragrance of warming tea leaves with candlelight glowing through the openings of this ceramic chakōro (tea-leaf aroma burner). Tea-leaf burners have become popular as a way to recreate the familiar scent of a Japanese tea shop at home. A tealight beneath the removable upper dish gently heats the leaves to release their fragrance.
Toshiko Ochiai makes these burners in Mashiko, Japan, where she established her own kiln in 1979. Her pottery is slowly wood-fired over several days and nights.
composition & care
Ceramic. Allow to cool completely before cleaning. Hand wash gently and dry thoroughly.
measurements & fit
Top dish: 14 × 11 cm
Base: 14 × 8.5 × 10 cm
Tealight holder: 6 × 5 cm
origins
Toshiko Ochiai established her own kiln in Mashiko in 1979, after studying ceramics at Musashino Art University and training with local potters. Working among the wooded hills, she fires her pottery in traditional wood-burning kilns over several days and nights. She hopes each piece will enrich everyday life and carry something of “the pulse of the earth and flame” into the home.
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