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Bizen 'Vase' by Wakimoto Hiroyuki
Wakimoto Hiroyuki (b.1952), along with contemporary and fellow Isezaki Jun (current Living National Treasure for Bizen) lineage apprentice Kakurezaki Ryuichi, is one of the major proponents of Bizen's Heisei Revolution. Kakurezaki and Wakimoto brought to Bizen a innovative new sense of design and form that differentiated itself from the Momoyama Restoration of the earlier 20th century (by the likes of Kaneshige Toyo, Yamamoto Toshu, Fujiwara Kei). It's interesting to note that both Wakimoto and Kakurezaki are 'outlaws' having both been born on a small island off of Kyushu. As artists that both respect the clay of Bizen as well as keen with creativity, Wakimoto and Kakurezaki proposed that Momoyama forms are not the only way for Bizen potters to prosper. Rather, they posed the question, "if the current clay cannot compare to the clay of old, then why dwell on old forms?" This is a unique form to Bizen with a clear and classical Bizen firing, with a rich covering of red pine ash to give a prized 'sesame paste' front facade, combined with a black sesame side; this piece must have been placed in a prized position near the front of Wakimoto's kiln that he fires only once a year. On the back we see how the ash-glazed flowed and also we find the beauty of the clay. The rectangular form stands on a triangular base, in perfect condition with a signed box, 28.7cm.tallx15.4x14.5, signed on base.
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