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Established shortly after the war as a pottery using a potter's wheel. We were the first to establish the method of making kyusu by slip casting, and have continued to be pioneers in kyusu, developing our own ceramic tea strainer, Sasame, to meet the needs of the times. The TAKASUKE brand bears our name, and we created it with the desire to spread kyusu worldwide and let more people know the goodness of kyusu. We would be happy if as many people as possible come to love and nurture.

Takasuke Pottery: Pioneers of Innovation

Takasuke Pottery was founded shortly after World War II by Osamu Kita as a pottery using a potter's wheel. In 1964, just after the Tokyo Olympics, they collaborated with other Tokoname artisans to pioneer slip-cast teapots, a departure from the traditional wheel-thrown method. The iron-rich red clay and field abundant clay in Tokoname at the time were not suitable for slip casting, but through countless trials and adjustments to the clay mixture, they succeeded in creating a clay suitable for slip casting while maintaining the unique character of Tokoname-yaki.

Takasuke Pottery went on to create numerous outstanding teapots, becoming pioneers in spreading Tokoname-yaki teapots worldwide.

The tea strainer is the lifeline of a teapot. As finer tea leaves became popular in the 1970s, Takasuke Pottery developed a ceramic tea strainer to accommodate them. Their fine-mesh ceramic strainer, known as "Sasame", was a first in the industry and many influenced artists and craftsmen.

Birth of TAKASUKE

As lifestyles changed from the 1980s to 1990s, teapot production gradually declined. Isobe Shoten and Takasuke Pottery's collaboration to seek a new Tokoname-yaki teapot was born from this challenge.

Traditional teapots often featured intricate carvings and decorations with many varieties. They focused on distilling these into a simpler, more practical teapot suited to modern lifestyles.

This journey led to the current form of TAKASUKE.