Shigaraki Uzukumaru-Tsubo by Otani Shiro
Otani Shiro(1936-) is a veteran Shigaraki ceramic artist who was named a Shigaraki Intangible Cultural Property in 1990. He has made very traditional and distinctive Shigaraki works during his award-winning career. A fine on-line article about Otani can be read at artistpotters.com/artist_potters... More
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Ido Chawan by Tsujimura Shiro
Here is a truly fine ko-buri smaller Ido chawan by the current master par none, Tsujimura Shiro. In perfect condition with a signed box, 8cm.tallx11.5, signed on side. It's not large, a tabi-jawan traveler's chawan, yet what a feel, grace and power.... More
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Mashiko Jar by Murata Gen
Murata Gen was one of the finest 20th century Mashiko potters; more about this important Mingei potter in our archives. This Murata jar is quite unusual in that it has a Kenzan type sumi-e drawing on front--tree with hut and kanji for senshu (thousand autumns) meaning thousand years/ many years o... More
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Red Oribe Chawan by Yamada Kazu
One of the best Mino potters in all of Japan is Yamada Kazu(b.1954). That's not a comment to be made lightly, but it is the truth. His Shino, Ki-Seto, Setoguro, Oribe are modern in their feel and design while using the age-old traditional clay, glazes, and firing methods; that's what makes potter... More
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Shino Vase by Okuiso Eiroku
Kukuri, Kani, Okaya, and Ohira are the names of places in Gifu prefecture where the classic Shino wares of the late 16th C. were fired; the greatest kiln being that of Mutabora. The relationship between Shino and the Way of Tea has basically continued on to this very day. Of course there was a la... More
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White Ohi Guinomi by Ohi Toshio
Ohi Toshio(b.1958) will one day become the master of his family's ancient kiln and will take on the ChozaemonXI; he makes traditional works in the realm of his father ChozaemonX as well as thoroughly original designs. He's an important Tea potter of that there is no doubt. In Tea there is Zen and... More
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Hagi Mizusashi by Kaneta Masanao
Very few Hagi artists are as celebrated as Kaneta Masanao (b.1953). One of the most influential Hagi 'potters' today, Kaneta is an 8th-generation Hagi potter; in a nutshell, he has given the traditional Hagi tea world a very sculptural feel with his kurinuki carved out method and boldly-cut forms... More
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Mizusashi by Mihara Ken
Here is a rather rare circa 1993 mizusashi by Mihara Ken(b.1958), a very popular award-winning contemporary Japanese ceramic artist, and one whose star is only going to continue to rise. More about Mihara--our first artist we had an online exhibition with in 2002--at e-yakimono.net or in our arch... More
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Namako Glazed Jar by Uchida Kunio
Uchida Kunio(1910-1994) was a ceramic artist who was also a craft pioneer in the 20th century making original designs from ashtrays to furniture, much like Yanagi Sori. Uchida's pottery was functional and beautiful, two main premises of the craft movement, and his highly original glaze he is know... More
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