Vase, Hanaire, Mashiko-yaki, by Tagami Munetoshi. Kaki (persimmon) & White glazes with red & green overglaze enamel decorations of snow on bamboo grass (yuki mochi sasa) & stripes. H. 9.5"(24cm) x 2.25"(5.75cm) Square. Ideal for placement in tokonoma. **A companion piece is also available in Blue (instead of Kaki) Glaze. Tagami Munetoshi (b. 1972) is the son of Tagami Isamu and grandson of Sudo Takeo...

Richly Ao glazed Wangata style teabowl with a Shono pattern around the bowl

Stoneware, slip and glazes

5.25" X 3.6"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Incredible Masahiko square plate by Shimaoka Tatsuzo enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Zogan Aka-e Kusabana bun Kakuzara. This is a superb example of the work of this Living National Treasure!
Size, D 27.4 x 28.8 cm H 7.8 cm
Condition, Excellent
After serving in World War II, Tatsuzo apprenticed under world famous Mashiko Mingei potter Hamada Shoji, establishing his own kiln in 1954...

There is an understated elegance in the work of Saito Hiroyuki which is very difficult to describe, but blatantly apparent the moment one holds his work. This guinomi is expertly crafted, rough textured outside with a smooth rim leading to the dark inner “Ma” (emptiness), ready to be filled. It is 6.5 cm (2-1/2 inches) diameter, 5 cm (2 inches) tall and in excellent condition, directly from the artist...

Sunrise colors grow gradually lighter toward the top of this odd shaped vessel culminating in brilliant pink by Miyashita Zenji enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Saidei Kaki. It is 31 cm (12 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Miyashita Zenji (1939-2012) was born into the family of potter Miyashita Zenju, and graduated the Kyoto Municipal University of Art under Kiyomizu Kyubei and Kusube Yaichi...

A very cool Ginsai covered dish by Banura Shiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Bright silver swirls to the center alternated by wrinkled lead colored glaze. It is 8 inches (20.5 cm) diameter and in excellent condition.
Shiro was born the fourth son of Living National Treasure for Lacquerware. His sensitivity to textures may stem from that exacting influence...

Wood-fired Vase, hanaire, by George Gledhill; Payette, ID. Shino & Ash glaze. H.4.625"(11.75cm) x Dia.4"(10cm.) There have been several influences to George Gledhill’s ceramic work. Buddhism has been a guiding force in life for many years, and George even visits local prisons to teach the Dharma to inmates. Through pottery and Buddhism, he was exposed to Tea practitioners who complimented his work and encouraged him to produce Tea wares...

A faceted bowl by modern master Ajiki Hiro,exhibiting the superb sense of design to be expected of this illustrious lineage enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shio-yu Wan and decorated with a sketch of a recluse staring out from his thatched hermitage. The slat glaze crawls on the surface as if it is alive, and it is alive with brilliant colors...

A large tsubo in gold and white slip by Miyashita Hideko enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Haku-a Kaki Rin to Shite Yo. The title speaks of standing up alone, and the artist told me it was a piece she created when she came to terms with the grief of her husband passing away and had decided to make a fresh go of life. The form was influenced by ancient Chinese maternal sculptures, thus the forward, broad stance...

The mark of the artist is carved on base.

Size
Height 9.3cm
Width 12.9cm


In excellent condition
Supplied with signed wooden box


Born in the vibrant city of Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka in 1937, Sajiro Tanaka emerged as a shining star in the realm of ceramics through a lifelong devotion to his craft.

In 1971, seeking a profound spiritual awakening, he embarked on a transformative pilgrimage to the venerable Eihei Temple, known for its san...

A superb Iga Mizusashi by Saji Kotaro enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 7 inches (18 cm) diameter, 7-1/2 inches (19 cm) tall and in excellent condition. Saji Kotaro was born in 1947, and relocated to Tajimi in 1977 where he opened a kiln in Yamabuki cho specializing in tea ceramics.

We like to offer this large and stunning Tea Pot by famous Takeuchi Shugo, enclosed in the original signed and stamped wooden box.

Like most of the best contemporary potters, Takeuchi Shugo is a true artist and creator, and his work reflects his strength and his dynamism.

This great item is another splendid evidence of the mastery of this artist.

Takeuchi Shugo, born in 1938, is a worldwide acclaimed Mashiko based potter...

Ceramic tokkuri - sake bottle - with sturdy body and cup mouth. Shino ware with dark body and wonderful free potting - one can feel spiral lines on the body left by fingers of the potter and see a beautiful spiral line on the bottom. Orange and gray Shino glaze with swirling lines, wonderful sense of energy to the piece...

Rare underglaze blue and red (gosu & yuriko) decorated chawan by Kawai Takeichi (Bu'ichi). Elegantly formed chawan with skillful use of underglaze colors and a predominantly gosu foot, kodai with blushes of iron around the foot as well.

Kawai Takeichi, also known as Bu'ichi, had a long and illustrious career. He apprenticed and worked with his uncle, Kawai Kanjiro for a long while before going off and establishing his own workshop. He exhibited widely and often and his works are well publi...

An exquisite work of delicate and elegant Sake Bottle wrapped in white cloth pottery by challenging female artist Tanaka Yu enclosed in the original signed wooden box, and date to 2018.
Size, D 10.2 cm H 15.4 cm
Condition, Excellent
Tanaka Yu was born in 1989, and graduated the Kyoto Saga University of Arts in 2013. Like many other of the younger generation of artists, she tends toward smaller venues than the large affiliated shows. She first garnered attention in J...

Vase, by Sachiko Furuya; Honolulu, HI. Sino & Bamboo Ash glaze. Braided clay cord around mouth rim. H. 6.0"(15.25cm) x Dia. 4.5"(11.5cm.) Sachiko Furuya hails from Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. There, she studied pottery with Yukio Matsuura, making primarily tea wares for practitioners of the Omotesenke School of Tea. She also attended the College of Arts at Nihon University (Tokyo,) Suidobara Fine Arts Academy (Tokyo,) and has a Studio Art degree from Clark College in Dubuque, Iowa. She has exhi...

An austere form calling to mind the strictness of form and years of practice required to master the way of tea by Ningen Kokuho Isezaki Jun enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Bizen Chawan. A large circles beyond the burnt-straw remains gives the effect of the moon reflecting off water viewed through a rush of bamboo.
Size, D 12.1 cm H 8.9 cm
Condition, Excellent
Jun was born the second son to the prominent Bizen family of Isezaki Yozan. With his older brot...

A spectacular large vase by Kashima Aya featured at the “Ceramic Synergy Exhibition” held at the Kyoto Kyocera Museum of Art in late 2023. In fact, the initial form is created, then a thin layer of ceramic is made separately, dried, then cracked, and the individual pieces are applied like mosaic to the prepared form. The space in between the tiles is then abraded, the tiles glazed with color and the space n between glazed with iron. Each piece requires a great amount of painstaking dedicati...