Tsubo-Jar-Vase / Mashiko / Mashiko / Sakuma Totaro
Mashiko Jar by Sakuma Totaro
Sakuma Totaro (1900-1976) was a Mashiko potter of the highest order. He was Hamada Shoji's first true friend in Mashiko: more about Sakuma can be read in this Japan Times article I wrote some years back: http://www.e-yakimono.net/html/sakuma-totaro-jt.html. Here is a classicSakuma henko. It has a traditional nuka glaze that acts as a canvas for the swiftly drawn plum designs. In perfect condition, 25cm.tall and 20cm.wide at widest point, signed on base, signed box, dating to the 1960s.