A red and white plate with a motif of mandarin ducks, which is said to be a symbol of good marital relations because the male and female are always close to each other.
 
This beautiful porcelain is from Gifu, the concept is  "Tableware created through time and human hands". They believe that the same manufacturing process leads to a big different between human hands and machine. Even though it looks like the same work, they make a small device every day. To inherit technique which has taken root in their area (Mizunami city in Gifu) means not repeating same thing every day but improving by accumulation little by little. They say "Manufacturing at present improves by inheriting the spirit of predecessors. We believe the time for this process is our treasure."