Some Views of the Gallery Today
If you see anything of interest please do let us know. Kansha always, RYYG
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A Classical Day—Three Works by Kishino Kan
Kishino Kan (b.1975, Kyoto) lives and breathes ceramics in the hills of Iga. Not just Iga though he also fires Shino, Kohiki, Ki-Seto, Setoguro, Hakuji-White Porcelain and other styles; he’s a great admirer and connoisseur of ancient ceramic art. A pure spirit comes out his his adaptations of… More
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Rippling Shino Vessel by Arimoto Kuugen
Arimoto Kuugen (b.1963) is a Hiroshima-based Shino specialist–he gets all his materials from Mino–who is also creating some wonderful green ash-glazed works like that of Ezaki Issei (1918-1992). Recently Arimoto has been sculpting flowing-rippling vessels in both glazing schemes; mainly… More
250,000 yen
Shigaraki Sumo Figures by Takahashi Masami: The Little Guy *Always* Wins.
Welcome to 2017 at RYYG and for our first listing this Year of the Rooster is a pair of Shigaraki sumo-wrestlers by Takahashi Rakusai V’s wife, Masami. She told us the little guy always wins! A good motto for this year.
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22,000 yen per pair
Yakishime-Wood-Fired Jar by Koie Ryoji
The slash marks on all Koie Ryoji’s works are actually the first kanji of his first name–Ryo–incised sideways. One of the greatest-most influential artists ever in Japan, period. Due to illness he’s not potting anymore and this jar dates back about 10 years, there is a… More
230,000 yen
Shigaraki Ripple Vessel by Kato Takahiko/CNN Best of Kyoto
Kato Takahiko(b.1952) comes from a traditional Shigaraki family where his father and grandfather were also potters. Yet not so much under the influence of his own family, more so from Sodeisha founder Suzuki Osamu, Kato has and continues to take Shigaraki in exciting new directions. Suzuki took a… More
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Three Works by Yokoyama Naoki
Yokoyama Naoki fired his kiln recently and we selected quite a few works, including these three disc forms, there is also one other smaller one; the largest is 50cm. tall. We also selected vases, shuki and tableware-cups, those to be seen after Obon or by request. Slow summer days in… More
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