https://yotobi.org/ mingei — the tools of everyday Japan en https://yotobi.org/tools/the-tobikanna-bowl/ https://yotobi.org/tools/the-tobikanna-bowl/ Tobikanna is a band of small cuts that runs once around the belly of a bowl. The bowl, half dry, goes back on the wheel, and a thin, springy steel blade is set against it. The blade bites in, leaps, and comes down again. Every leap leaves one cut. The pattern is not drawn; it is the track the tool left as it moved. Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT