Edition Β· Autumn 2026
Chumban is a small house of ceramics, woven textiles, and timberware β each piece finished by hand in our atelier outside Kyoto, and sent to the people who will live with it for years.
The Collection
We release in small editions, four times a year. Once a piece is gone, it returns only when the clay and the wood allow.
Edition of 80
Edition of 80
Edition of 80
Our Story
Chumban began in 2019 above a paper shop in Kyoto. We work with three ceramicists, one weaver, and a woodworker who has been cutting hinoki for forty years. We do not run sales. We do not chase seasons. We make pieces we would keep on our own shelves β and we send them, slowly, to a few hundred homes each year.
2019
Founded in Kyoto
5
Hands in the atelier
4
Editions a year
Materials
Sourced from a single pit in Shigaraki. Fired twice, glazed once.
Undyed, stonewashed. Softens with every season of use.
Cut by Mr. Tanaka from a grove his grandfather planted.
Hand-finished. Will patina, by design, over the years.
Visit
We share tea, show the work in progress, and ship pieces home with you. Send a note and we will find a quiet hour for you.
March 2026
Why we wait three weeks before a first firing.
February 2026
A short visit to the weaver in KΕka.
January 2026
What we have learned from old customers.