Faenza Grand Prize Winner 2005 Kawakami Tomoko
In the world of international ceramic prizes, none is as prestigious as the Premio Faenza, Grand Prize, at the Faenza International Competition of Contemporary Ceramic Art in Italy. Fukami is there right now with an exhibition to celebrate his 20th year since winning the prize that made him an in... More
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Nezumi-Shino Chawan by Hori Ichiro
Nezumi-Shino doesn't get much better--if at all--than this Hori Ichiro chawan. Fired in an anagama the old-fashioned way limits the successful pieces that Hori gets, this one is what Hori strives for. In perfect condition with a signed box, 10cm.tallx13.5cm. wide, signed on base. More
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Tall Seihakuji Vase by Fukami Sueharu
Kyoto's Fukami Sueharu is an internationally recognized ceramic artist that has works in museums which are too numerous to count. These include The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; Suntory Museum, Tokyo; Museo Internationale delle Ceramiche, Faenza, Italy; The Brooklyn Museum, New York; and ... More
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Bizen Hidasuki Gunomi by Kaneshige Yuho
Kaneshige Yuho(1950-) studied under his father, the late Okayama Prefecture Intangible Cultural Property Sozan Kaneshige(1909-1995). Sozan worked for many years with his elder brother, the late Living National Treasure Toyo Kaneshige. The Kaneshige family is one of the greatest Bizen potter famil... More
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Edo Period Large Shodai Tokkuri
'During the Genna period(1615-24) two potters, Hin-no Koji and Katsuragi, moved from Agano to Shodai and started making wares with opaque running glazes.' This is from the 'Folk Kilnsll' book published by Kodansha and is a basic passage about the start of Shodai wares, a rather hard-to-find folk ... More
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Asahi Chaire by Matsubayashi HosaiXIV
Asahi-yaki began at the end of the Momoyama period (early 17th C.) near Kyoto when the potter Tosaku started to use the Asahi stamp. The Tea master Kobori Enshu (1579-1647) was a patron of the Asahi kilns. Asahi became known as one of his 'Seven Kilns.' Now we find the 15th generation in the Asah... More
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Bizen Vase by Living National Treasure Fujiwara Yu
Fujiwara Yu(1932-2001) was the fourth Bizen potter to be named a LNT, that was in 1996. His father, Kei, was also a LNT, the second for Bizen, first was Kaneshige Toyo, third was Yamamoto Toshu and now we have Isezaki Jun. Yu had his own special forms, often solid and tight, and that can be seen ... More
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Iris Motif Mino Chawan by Kato KobeiV
Begun in 1804, the Kobei-gama kiln was started by the first Kato Kobei in Mino. Known to be one of the most prominent kilns in Mino, it was Kato Kobei V (1893-1982) who began experimenting with many different types of wares such as seiji, aka-e, sometsuke and tenmoku, along with mastering traditi... More
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Square Bizen Vase by Isezaki Yozan
Isezaki Yozan (1902-1961) was one of Bizen's greatest 20th century saikumono-sculptor potters. In Taisho 8 (1919) he entered the famous saikumono Bizen workshop of Korakuen (Kimura Chojiro) before establishing his own kiln in Showa 8 (1933). He was designated an Okayama Prefectural Intangible Cul... More
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