Blue Mug — Hand-Glazed Japanese Pottery by Shinichi KotsujiGlazed in a settled, layered blue, this mug holds its color differently depending on the light where the glaze pools it deepens, where it thins it lightens, and no two pieces fire to quite the same tone. Shinichi Kotsuji works in Mie Prefecture, where hand made ceramics have long been shaped from the region's distinctive clay. Each mug is formed and glazed by hand; the blue is applied in layers, and responds to the kiln in ways that cannot be fully