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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Three Sometsuke Mt. Fuji Jars by Suzuki Michio
Suzuki Michio lives in Fuji City with a glorious view from his studio window of Mt. Fuji, thus his inspiration for his cobalt blue sometsuke porcelain jars. Suzuki studied in Kyoto and graduated from the Kyoto City University of Arts in 1957 after studying with Tomimoto Kenkichi, Kondo Yuzo and… More
325,000 yen(2) and 380,000 yen(Sold)
Kakurezaki Ryuichi Japan Times Article Link
Kakurezaki Ryuichi is already having a restrospective exhibition at the Musee Tomo in Tokyo, I wrote a column about for the Japan Times, Read More.
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Views of the Gallery
Some photos of how the gallery rooms look these days…….Heard there’s a nice article about the gallery in the current Ceramics Review, waiting to learn more.
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Kogyoku (Essence of Perfume)—Contemporary Japanese Ceramics and Ikebana
A stunning new book by Sugita Kazuya showing his contemporary Ikebana creations in contemporary Japanese ceramics: each creation has a full page with no text, simply the name of the flowers and artist in English. There is text at the end yet in Japanese only. Hardcover, 48 plus arrangements, two… More
6,500 yen
