An Incense Burner

The Kutani Ware, come to think of it,
I completely forgot about it up to today !

When we stayed at a favorite ryokan in Kyoto,

I found a beautiful Incense burner placed in a Tokonoma.

I was moved by the beauty of the traditional style.

So, I bought a pottery to decorate our tokonoma.

そう言えば、京都の旅館の床の間で見かけて
憧れて買った 香炉 が　確か九谷焼だったような・・・？

柊屋旅館

Hiiragiya

(We couldn't stay at such a gorgeous room.)
The two famous Japanese writers, Yukio Mishima and Yasunari Kawabata
loved to stay at these rooms.

この部屋に一見さんは なかなか泊まれないのかなぁ？

Now, I find the incense burner of Kutaniyaki covered with dust
at the corner of tokonoma in my house.

香炉は、床の間の隅で埃まみれになって すっかり忘れ去られていました。

I pull cheerfully out it from a room upstairs,

and take the photos with my cat.

I especially like such Kutaniyaki.
These are too expensive for me.
つわぶきの花が　可愛い。
こんなのがほしいなぁ～

There is our daily Japanese-style room

where cats and a dog are wandering around

under anything but ideal circumstances.(LOL)

犬猫が出入りし、落ち着いた和室には程遠いありさまです。

これ！　風鎮を落として遊ぶのはやめなさい！
Don't play with the tassels of a Kakemono.

It's difficult to keep a beautiful traditional lifestyle.

毎日の暮らしで、なかなか床の間なんてゆっくり鑑賞できませんね。