Hōrai-dō

Paper, ink, and incense — Higashiyama, Kyoto.
A small shop, open since the year of the rat.

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184 years

Open six days a week

We sell paper that is meant to be touched, ink that is meant to dry slowly, and not very much else.

This month
⸺ from the kiln

Wood-fired tea bowl, № 03

Maker — Sato Ren · Shigaraki

Clay — Local, with kohiki slip

Diameter — 113 mm

Edition — One only

Held in the hand twice before listing. Yours by reservation, shipped after the first cool morning.

¥ 24,000 — inquire

For the shelf
⸺ three things

What we keep, year-round.

和紙

Wagami envelopes

Kurotani washi, ten-pack

Set with a single black thread.

¥ 1,800

墨

Sumi ink stick

Hashimoto, pine soot

Aged three winters before sale.

¥ 4,200

筆

Calligraphy brush, fox tail

Made by Watanabe, Nara

For the steady hand, only.

¥ 6,800

⸺ A note
from the shop

A short rain this morning. The vermilion paper from Echizen arrived dry; the long roll for the back room is still in transit, expected on Thursday.

The shop will close early on the twenty-eighth — a tea gathering. We will reopen at the usual hour on the day after.

— Iyo Tanaka, master · 二〇二六年五月二十四日

Calendar
⸺ four seasons

When the shop is closed.

春

Spring

Haru

Mar 21 — closed for the equinox

夏

Summer

Natsu

Aug 13 — 16 closed, Obon

秋

Autumn

Aki

Sep 23 — closed for the equinox

冬

Winter

Fuyu

Dec 28 — Jan 4 closed for the new year