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Bizen Yohen Tsubo-Jar by Yamamoto Izuru
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Pre 2000 item# 749771
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Yamamoto Izuru(b.1944)is the fourth son of the late Bizen Living National Treasure Yamamoto Toshu. Izuru's known for his interesting forms and studies on clay and the combining of different clays to bring out different colors on pieces, this is called shusai. Yet, he also fires--not that often though--traditional Yamamoto style pots and here is an excellent example of that. The form is similar to that of his father---full bunrin-apple form--and the firing is a rich varied colored yohen with ...click for details
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Large Mashiko Tsubo-Jar by Sakuma Fujiya
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Sakuma Fujiya(b.1963.) is a fourth generation Mashiko potter and current master of the Sakuma Totaro kiln. His grandfather is the legendary Sakuma, great friend to Hamada Shoji, and a grand potter in his own right; a good article on Totaro can be read on e-yakimono.net. Fujiya studied art at Nagoya University of Art before returning to Mashiko to work with his father Kenji. He uses traditional Mashiko materials in a very fresh way; his glazing is exceptional with kaki-persimmon, nuka-rice husk, ...click for details
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Bizen-Shino Tsubo-Jar by Fujiwara Kyosuke
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Fujiwara Kyosuke(b.1939) is the second son of Bizen LNT Fujiwara Kei (1899-1983) and thus the brother of also Bizen LNT Yu (1932-2001). Kyosuke was brought up in Bizen yet also fell hard for Mino wares and decided to make his own hybrid---such as Mino-Iga from the Momoyama period--and thus his orange pastel toned Bizen-Shino for which he's so well known for was born. Here is a fine example of his Bizen-Shino with the most delightful pastel pinks on the broad squat jar form; dating to 1980, i ...click for details
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Echizen Tsubo-Jar by Kitajima Shigemitsu
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Echizen is one of Japan's oldest stonewares fired in Echizen prefecture since the Heian period; it's known as one of the outdated term 'Six Old Kilns.' One of the leading--and one of only very few--traditional Echizen potters today is Kitajima Shigemitsu(b.1942). His work is bold with rich natural ash glazes based on Kamakura and Muromachi period forms; he established his kiln in 1975 after first studying oil painting(1961) and then ceramic art from 1973. He recently showed us so ...click for details
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Iga Tsubo-Jar by Furutani Kazuya
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Here is an intensely fired Iga tsubo-jar by Furutani Kazuya(b.1976); more about Furutani in other listings or in our archives. This jar shows the varied 'landscapes' that bless a pot favored by the kiln gods, and the potter's skill at loading and firing his/her kiln. We see many landscapes--keshiki in Japanese--on this tsubo including bidoro-glass rivulets, shell imprints, orange hi-iro 'clay flavor'(tsuchi-aji), and scorch markings; all classic Iga trademarks. In perfect co ...click for details
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