A yunomi is the everyday Japanese teacup: taller than it is wide, without a handle, and made to be held in both hands so you can feel the warmth of green tea. In a Japanese home, each member of the family often has a yunomi of their own.

This collection gathers Japanese tea cups, coffee mugs and cups with saucers handmade in Japan, most of them Arita ware — the first porcelain made in Japan, produced since the early seventeenth century. Shinemon Kiln is known for kiln-changed glazes such as the starry blue Ginga and silver oil-spot tenmoku; Jin Kiln paints birds and flowers in overglaze enamels; Gagyu Kiln draws plum blossoms and moon rabbits; and Sojiro Kiln works in classic blue-and-white sometsuke.

You will also find yunomi sold in pairs, ideal as a gift for a couple, and Shimoa cups from Yamanaka lacquerware.