Pots - Nagatani

Our new collection of earthenware cooking pots by Nagatani-en invites you to experience a truly remarkable way to cook, where beauty and practicality merge, reflecting the spirit of Japanese craftsmanship.

More than just cookware, these pots are so beautiful, they are designed to be used as tableware too, allowing you to take a humble weekday supper and turn it into a sumptuous meal. For dinner parties, the pot creates an amazing centrepiece to impress your guests, while keeping your dishes warm throughout the entire meal.

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Simply Donabe - Japanese One Pot Recipes by Naoko Takei Moore is a Japanese cookbook featuring traditional one-pot meals, with a cover image of hands cooking in earthenware pots.
Simply Donabe - Japanese One Pot Recipes by Naoko Takei Moore
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Introducing the Mini Donabe Pot - White: a round, off-white ceramic pot featuring two small side handles and a matching lid, elegantly styled and photographed against a white background. This refined piece of Japanese tableware draws its inspiration from traditional Iga ware craftsmanship.
Mini Donabe Pot - White
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The Mini Donabe Pot - Ame is a small, round, brown ceramic pot featuring two side handles and a matching lid, shown against a white background.
Mini Donabe Pot - Ame
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Mini Donabe Pot - Black: A small black ceramic donabe pot with handles and a fitted lid, accented by a natural-colored rim and base, inspired by traditional Japanese earthenware, shown isolated on a white background.
Mini Donabe Pot - Black
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Small green ceramic mini donabe pot with a lid and two side handles, photographed against a white background—an elegant piece of Japanese tableware inspired by traditional Iga ware.
Mini Donabe Pot - Green
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The Mini Baking Dish - White is a cream-colored ceramic baking dish with a lid and side handle, displayed on a plain white background—ideal for use as an individual oven dish or as a charming Japanese mini baking dish.
Mini Baking Dish - White
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Mini Baking Dish - Ame: This brown ceramic pot with lid and single handle is shown on a white background—perfect for individual Japanese baked dishes. The oven- and microwave-safe Mini Baking Dish - Ame combines functionality with classic design.
Mini Baking Dish - Ame
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The Mini Baking Dish - Black, featuring a handle and a matching lid, is displayed against a plain white background.
Mini Baking Dish - Black
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The Iga Clay Cooking Pots - Candy Glaze is a round, brown donabe pot with a lid and two side handles, crafted from Iga clay and shown against a white background.
Iga Clay Cooking Pots - Candy Glaze
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The Iga Clay Cooking Pots - White Glaze features a lidded white ceramic design with two side handles, ideal for Japanese hotpot, displayed on a plain white background.
Iga Clay Cooking Pots - White Glaze
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The Mushi Nabe Donabe Steamer - White Glaze is a white ceramic pot with two handles, a matching lid, and beige base—perfect for clay pot cooking and outstanding steam generation.
Mushi Nabe Donabe Steamer - White Glaze
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The Mushi Nabe Donabe Steamer - Black Glaze is a black ceramic pot with two handles and a round lid, featuring a beige base for efficient steam generation, isolated on a white background.
Mushi Nabe Donabe Steamer - Black Glaze
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The Kamadosan Double Lid Clay Rice Cooker is a black ceramic pot with two side handles and a lid, designed in the Japanese earthenware style and displayed against a white background.
Kamadosan Double Lid Clay Rice Cookers
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The Miso Soup Pot is a round, yellowish-brown Japanese clay pot with two side handles and a vented lid, handcrafted for traditional cooking.
Miso Soup Pots
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The Ibushi Gin Clay Smoking Pot in earthy brown, featuring a round lid with a small handle, is perfect for infusing flavors using cherry wood chips. Shown against a white background.
Ibushi Gin Clay Smoking Pot - Earthy Brown
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A metal wire shelf bracket with dual prongs and a rectangular support, compatible with slotted wall panels—perfect for organizing the Tongs for the Ceramic Steamer Plates by Nagatani or other kitchen accessories.
Tongs for the Ceramic Steamer Plates by Nagatani
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The Ceramic Steamer Plates for Kamadosan Rice Cooker, made of white ceramic with drainage holes, are shown on a closed cardboard box and feature a classic design reminiscent of traditional steaming plates.
Ceramic Steamer Plates for Kamadosan Rice Cooker
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A Shallow Earthenware Bowl - Brown Glaze, featuring a dark brown glossy finish, is photographed against a plain white background.
Shallow Earthenware Bowl - Brown Glaze
£11.95
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A handmade Shallow Earthenware Bowl with a glossy black glaze is centered on a white background.
Shallow Earthenware Bowl - Black Glaze
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Discover the Magic of Japanese Earthenware Cooking

These are no ordinary pots. They are Iga ware, a celebrated style of pottery with a legacy stretching back over 1,200 years from the historic Iga region of Mie Prefecture. This area, rich in ceramic history, was once the bottom of Lake Biwa, Japan's oldest and largest lake, formed 4 million years ago. The special, coarse clay found here is the secret to its exceptional cooking properties. This ancient clay is packed with fossilised microorganisms. When fired at high temperatures in the kiln, these organic remains burn away, creating a uniquely porous structure in the finished pottery.

These tiny, microscopic pores allow the pot to breathe and to build up heat slowly and evenly, and then to retain that heat exceptionally well. This gentle, consistent heat penetrates to the core of the ingredients and works to seal all the flavours inside.
Since its founding in 1832, Nagatani-en has produced cookware that makes use of the superb properties of Iga clay. Each piece is unique and the patterns and colourings change over time with use, giving your pot its own personal history.

Explore our collection and bring the enduring art of Japanese earthenware cooking into your home.

Please note: Our range of Nagatani-en pots are not suitable for induction hobs.

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