Kato Takahiko's Shigaraki World--Welcome.....
A Shigaraki monolith the likes of never seen before.... More
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Echizen Tsubo by Kitajima Shigemitsu
Echizen is one of Japan's oldest stonewares fired in Echizen prefecture since the Heian period; it's known as one of the outdated term 'Six Old Kilns.' One of the leading traditional Echizen potters today is Kitajima Shigemitsu(b.1942). His work is bold with rich natural ash glazes based on Kamak... More
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Bizen Yohen Tokkuri by Takahara Satoshi
Bizen veteran potter Takahara Satoshi(b.1934) is known by hardcore Bizen fans for his 'softer-smoother' Bizen and interesting shapes in his 'clay flavor panels.' He started making Bizen in 1956 and has had a relatively quiet, yet very successful career. He has won the Sanyo Newspaper Award at the... More
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Celadon Tsubo-Jar by Minegishi Seiko
Minegishi Seiko(b.1952) is a master celadon artist and one of only a handful here in Japan. He is self-taught and thus has experimented for decades with glazes to get the jewel-like celadon crackled glaze just right. He has reached perfection and that is seen on this mentori-faceted tsubo-jar. It... More
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Sculptural Incense Burner by Kiyomizu Rokubei Vll
In the deluxe book eight-volume book set Nihon Toji (Japanese Ceramics, 1992, edited by Inui Yoshiaki and Hayashiya Seizo), volume four focuses on six of the greatest ceramic sculptural artists in Japan; Yagi Kazuo, Kamoda Shoji, Araki Takako, Fujihira Shin, Suzuki Osamu and Kiyomizu RokubeiVll (... More
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Oribe Tsubo-Jar by Kato Shigetaka
Kato Shigetaka (1927-) is the third son of the late great Kato Tokuro, younger brother of the late great Okabe Mineo, and father of Takahiro. Shigetaka has had his own successful career winning the Japan Ceramic Society Prize and having a Shino work featured on the cover of the 'Modern Japanese C... More
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Koie Ryoji Week:44/Long Oribe Manaita Platter
This quite extraordinary--Rosanjin would be envious--Koie Oribe long manaita platter was fired last week and I basically plucked it from the kiln. There were a few others--yet round--and this was by far the most impressive; the texture and colors are striking. The clay was draped over a block of ... More
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Koie Ryoji Week:44/Two Chawan
As many know Koie is a prolific artist and throws hundreds of chawan each month, possibly thousands. It's said that a potter must do so to get the one or two that truly are worthy of a Tea room. For Koie this is very true as the gap between good and great is wide. These four are great Koie chawan... More
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