Shippou ObikouchiHandmade and hand painted Kiyomizuyaki tableware set. "Obi" means belt. After throwing the pottery, this belt part is scraped back, creating a stripe in the surface. This stripe is surrounded by the "shippou" pattern in a darkly painted blue underglaze. The shipp pattern consists of overlapping circlesspecifically, pairs of interlocking rings known as wachigai. These are repeated in four directions, forming a continuous design. Because of this four