Hi ga Hashiru

The main character, Misaki Matsumoto, was the daughter of Ryuya Matsumoto, an ordinary potter from Hagi, but she left her hometown to study at a university in Tokyo. One day, Misaki receives sudden call from her father asking her to return to Hagi. But by the time she arrived, her father had already died. When she takes out the strange crimson vessel in her father's kiln Misaki became fascinated by the color, dropped out of college, and decided to study ceramic art in earnest.