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- firing the kin
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- ‘hikidashi’ pulled out!
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- 1200 celcius
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- kiln unloaded
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- tsubo by Sawa sensei
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- selected works by Sawa Kiyotsugu
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- drummers at the shrine
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- the night of the Fire Festival
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- master & apprentice
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- gambare!
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- taiko & hanabi
in the darkness of the valley
a bare yellow light bulb swings
under the corrugated iron roof
just waiting for the right time to open the kiln's port and into the brilliant light
throw a bundle of logs one after another just wait and watch
the kiln knows how to fire itself just wait and watch
the cold black sky
the distant stars
the dark silhouettes
the encroaching hills a thin smear of drifting smoke
