Yohen Mizusashi by Yamaguchi Takeshi (135)
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Contemporary item# 1129633
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This very attractive mizusashi (water jar) was made by Yamaguchi Takeshi, whose potteries have the sober tones and unpretentious qualities of classic tea ceremony wares. The earthly tones and mineral feel make it a strong yet sensuous piece. Water drawn from this earthen well will certainly feel pristine and soft.
Born in 1951, Yamaguchi Takeshi graduated from the prestigious Waseda University in 1975 with a degree ...click for details
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Red Raku-yaki Mizusashi by Sasaki Shoraku III
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Pre 2000 item# 1118788
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This splendid mizusashi (fresh water jar) is a great example of the high level of craftsmanship of one of Kyoto’s best known raku-yaki potters, Sasaki Shoraku III, born in 1944. Mizusahi are used during the Japanese tea ceremony as jars from which fresh water is taken to put into the kama (kettle) or to rinse the chawan (tea bowl). Like chawan and other potteries used during that ceremony, they contribute a particular tone to the harmony of all the objects of the room. In the case of this mizu ...click for details
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Kaezan-yaki Mizusashi by Toraku
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Pre 1970 item# 1062460
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This is a very attractive mizusashi (water jar). Its auburn iron tones make it look like a rusty medieval armor, as the relief could mimic battle blows. In a chashitsu (tea room), its use might echo the phantomatic presence of feudal warriors, adepts of the tea ceremony, who once sought the sanctity of those spaces to share tea, even with their enemies.
The jar was made by a potter named Toraku in a little known st ...click for details
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Mizusashi by Unokawa Kazumasa (e)
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Contemporary item# 758477
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This exceptional mizusashi is the work of a potter named Unokawa Kazumasa. A mizusashi is a fresh water jar for the Japanese tea ceremony. As the container of the principal ingredient used during that ceremony, it holds a princely status in the microcosmic space. With its rich mineral character, this particular mizusashi radiates rocklike strength as a guardian of the precious liquid and the point of commencement.
Unokawa Kazumasa, born in Nara in 1952, not far from Kyoto, is a master crafts ...click for details
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Mino Patchwork Tsubo by Suzuki Goro
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Contemporary item# 629295
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8,000,000 yen
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Who other than Suzuki Goro could have had the genial inspiration and the technical knowledge to create such a titanesque oeuvre? There are actually a few of those he has made over the years but each is a unique projection of the potter’s fertile spirit. The “patches” are made in the different traditional Mino pottery styles; Oribe, Yashichida, Shino, Setoguro... and put together to form this wonderful puzzle spiced up with the wabi-sabi flavor of ancient potteries that have been repaired with ...click for details
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Mino Patchwork Tsubo by Suzuki Goro
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Contemporary item# 627548
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Who other than Suzuki Goro could have had the genial inspiration and the technical knowledge to create such a titanesque oeuvre? There are actually a few of those he has made over the years but each is a unique projection of the potter’s fertile spirit, and this one is the largest. The “patches” are made in the different traditional Mino pottery styles; Oribe, Yashichida, Shino, Setoguro... and put together to form this wonderful puzzle spiced up with the wabi-sabi flavor of ancient potteries ...click for details
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