Chawan / Hagi / Hagi / Kaneta Masanao
Hagi Chawan by Kaneta Masanao/Yunomi Two
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 chunky, boldly-cut forms. Some are mountainous cuts in creamy white glazes, while other pieces are more rounded Chojiro-esque (the founder of Raku) with a mottled blue ash glaze. He also gets a wonderful pink "yohen" kiln effect that contrasts well with the white Hagi glaze. Whatever Kaneta does is a grand statement in clay, no matter the size, and has truly given the Hagi Tea world a whole new feel. He has been in many museum exhibitions here in Japan, including the 400-year Hagi retrospective at the Suntory Museum in 2001 and also a major group exhibition at the Ibaraki Prefecture Ceramic Art Museum in 2003--the list goes on. So does Kaneta's works in public collections including the National Museum of Modern Art. Tokyo, Yamaguchi Prefecture Museum, Gifu Modern Ceramics Museum, and the Brooklyn Museum, among others. More about Kaneta can be read here http://www.e-yakimono.net/html/kaneta-masanao-pt.html or in past issues of CERAMIC ARTS AND PERCEPTION or DARUMA. Here is a recently fired chawan with a bold form--of course--and a thickly carved lip; in the hands it is quite substantial and powerful. In perfect condition with a signed box, 9-9.8x14, signed on base, EMS included.
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