Hanagoyomi Small Plate

Carefully painted petals and sepals give these small plates the gentle feel of watercolour illustrations.

Five designs feature familiar flowers and berries that appear at different times of year. Together they suggest the passing seasons, inspiring the name Hanagoyomi, or flower calendar.

Size: Ø95 × H16 mm
Material Porcelain
Made in Japan

Use and care
Microwave safe.
Dishwasher safe.
Do not use in the oven.

Hanagoyomi
• Shepherd's Purse
Small white flowers appear from March to May. One of Japan's seven herbs of spring, it signals the season's arrival and is also known as penpengusa.

• Cornflower
An introduced flower with deep blue-purple blooms from April to June. Its Japanese name refers to its resemblance to the pinwheel above a carp-streamer pole.

• Wild Thistle
Reddish-purple flowers bloom from May to August. Growing wild in grassland and on banks, thistle has long been familiar in everyday life, including traditional food and herbal uses.

• Ominaeshi (Golden Lace)
Tall yellow flowers bloom from August to October. One of Japan's seven flowers of autumn, it has long been admired for its gentle, graceful movement in the breeze.

• Sankirai (Smilax)
Its berries turn red in October and November, appearing along rustic, climbing branches that bend at each joint.