The calendars were produced by making block prints with wood from the mountain Cherry Tree. The blocks were coated with ink and pressed into the paper. Three styles of calendars were produced. The scroll type was produced for the Mishima Grand Shrine and for the government. The other two types were produced and sold to common people. One of the types, the extended version sold for 150 mon (about \3000) during Edo period while a condensed version sold for 15 mon. From the middle ages to the beginning of the Edo period, Mishima Calendars were the most popular in the east Japan area. It is thought that even Nobunaga Oda and Ieyasu Tokugawa used them.

 

 Japanese aficionados of tea first laid their eyes on the tea bowls crafted by Korean Ceramic masters at the end of the Muromachi Period. There is a legend that the pattern on the bowls reminded the aficionados of the patterns of the Mishima calendars so they gave the bowls the name “Mishima Tea Bowls.” In Korea the bowls are called “Koseisaki” refering to their construction from gray colored clay and and the stamp which is from a white colored clay covered in a clear oil before firing. Even now, potters throughout Japan continue to produce Mishima Tea Bowls.