Coming from a prestigious clan of potters who served the Hirado Domain for more than 200 years, Kakusho Kiln was founded by the Satomi family in Sasebo city, Nagasaki prefecture. Since the Meiji Period (1868 CE-1912 CE), Kakusho Kiln has won many awards including a Gold Prize at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904 for its Blue and White. Current master, Toshitaka Satomi, further incorporates traditional painting designs of Chinese influence and seeks to refine his methods of Blue and White artistry. 

Kakusho Kiln's Blue and White is of a soft and lighter shade. The painting is done very gently and tenderly giving a unique, heart-touching and charming impression.
Kakusho Kiln also values the beauty of white porcelain, gracefully enhancing the paintings.

Porcelainware made in Kakusho Kiln is thin and yet very durable. The thinness is created by carefully carving out the clay by a planer. As a result Kakusho Kiln's tableware is light-weight. For durability and strength, the cups have a curved rim, which prevents the thin porcelain from deforming during the firing process.

The Fine and Elegant Lines

The delicately precise and accurate lines are created by swift and refined movements. One must also balance the right amount of pigment soaked in the paintbrush at once in order to draw without blurring the outlines. Kakusho Kiln cherishes the gentle interaction between the brush's bristles and the clay.

The Gentle and Soft Touch of Blue Shade

While Blue and White employs a brush soaked with cobalt pigment to "paint" within the outlines, Kakusho Kiln believes in the "seeping" of the pigment naturally infusing into the biscuit ware. The highly skilled technique and the kiln's uniqueness in its gentle touch of seeping the pigment, create a soft and heart-warming shade of blue.