Tsubo / Karatsu Nanban / Nakazato Takashi
Karatsu Nanban Tsubo by Nakazato Takashi
In the fall of 2000 Karatsu potter Nakazato Takashi(1937-) had an exhibition at the Denver Museum- a very rare event for a living Japanese ceramic artist. Yet Nakazato has never been interested in the norm and found his own way far from the place of his birth in Karatsu. He left behind his families thirteen generation potting tradition( his father was a Living National Treasure) to learn about the ancient wares on Tanegashima island. That's where, with the late scholar-potter Koyama Fujio, he studied the nanban high-fired unglazed stoneware style. He did return to Karatsu in 1974 to establish his kiln and nows calls the style he made famous Karatsu Nanban. That's the hakogaki on this piece along with Tawara tsubo kanji or rice bale jar. It is a magnificent piece with a varied colored natural ash glazed body with pleasing crusty patches. Very shibui and imagine it with a single rose in it sitting on a wooden table..... Nakazato is now world famous and has a yearly exhibition in Tokyo as well as other places throughout Japan. Perfect condition, signed box, 23.0cm.tall, 27.0cm.across, and 17.5cm.wide.
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