Minoyaki porcelain rāmen bowl, SHINRYOKU pattern

This bowl was also made using YOUHEN technique, a firing method that uses glaze to artificially express individual differences depending on fire, temperature and glaze composition inside kiln.

YOUHEN refers to color change that occurs inside kiln when vessels are fired at very high temperatures (800°C to 1000°C).

Inside kiln, glaze chemicals react with each other, producing a variety of colors. This sometimes produces unexpected colors, and of kiln-formed vessels charm is that each vessel has a different hue, pattern and expression.

As a result, finished product will have a slightly different pattern, and one of its charms is its individuality, such as dark green or olive green, rare shades of irregularity, etc.