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Black Raku Chawan by Konishi Heinai II/Abe Raku Preview
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One of the most famous Raku chawan tea bowl makers in all of Japan today is Konishi Heinai II(b.1928). He studied under his father, the first Heinai(1899-1991) and then with the legendary Tea Potter master Kawakita Handeishi(1878-1963); Kawakita was associated with all the major potters of his day and made some truly outstanding Tea wares. Konishi takes from that lineage--he took the name Heinai II in 1964--and his chawan have the 'essence' of what makes Raku tea bowls so prized in both ...click for details
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Mashiko Chawan by Murata Gen
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Pre 1980 item# 779436
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We've offered a few Murata Gen chawan in the past yet this is the most otonashi or subdued-quiet one ever. Although it does show Murata's dynamic brush-splashes the color tone is softer and there is less iron glazing than on most. Of course when he does a Karatsu style, like the other Murata chawan we have listed, there is no Mashiko-ness to the glazing. This chawan does use a nuka and tetsu-iron glaze and is a perfect chawan for any season. In perfect condition with a signed box, 8.5cm. ...click for details
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Chosen-Karatsu Yohen Vase by Nakagawa Jinembo
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Karatsu potter Nakagawa Jinembo(b.1953) is a master of all Karatsu styles and the most dynamic of those is his Chosen-garatsu yohen style. Some wildly intense changes happened in the kiln with the overlapping of straw and iron glazes creating a spectacular atmosphere. In perfect condition with a signed box, 20.5cm.tall, signed on base. More about the various Karatsu styles can be read at e-yakimono.net
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Red-Ash Glazed 'Vase' by Kako Katsumi
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Taking hints from Yayoi period (circa 3 B.C.)red pots all the way to the 20th century genius of Kamoda Shoji's(1933-1983) forms, Kako Katsumi(b.1965)is creating works imbibed with the same spirit of the unknown and known potters noted above. This emerging ceramic artist is someone we've been following for a number of years and continue to be thoroughly impressed with his new works. Here is a slab-built vessel that combines a quartz-flecked stoneware body, light green glaze(similar to Kam ...click for details
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Hagi-Shigaraki Tokkuri by Hamanaka Gesson
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Hamanaka Gesson has always been an innovative Hagi potter; of course he makes very traditional Hagi wares, yet he also makes hybrid styles blending various glazes and clays. This is not altogether new in the Japanese ceramic world, dating back centuries potters made hybrid styles such as Mino-Iga. This yakishime-high-fired unglazed stoneware sake flask has a very Shigaraki look--some may even say Iga--yet the small pebbles in the clay are from a blend of Hagi clay with Shigaraki--fired in Hamana ...click for details
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Oribe Glazed Henko-Jar by Hamanaka Gesson
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The Japanese word 'hin' is very important when viewing art. Basically it means 'dignity' or 'grace' and one says, 'hin ga aru' or 'it has hin' when viewing a work, or even a person. Hamanaka Gesson's(b.1943)creations are full of hin, whether it be chawan, guinomi or shokki-tableware. Hamanaka lives in Hagi where he studied with Yoshika Taibi(1915-1991) before setting up his own kiln in 1969; he has exhibited worldwide. In 1976 he started using Shigarak ...click for details
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White-Glazed Chawan by Ogawa Machiko
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Contemporary item# 771183
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Recently Ogawa Machiko was given yet another award for her superb ceramic art, this time from the Agency of Cultural Affairs, a major award (information in Japanese here bunka.go.jp/geijutsu_bunka/souzoukatsudou/sensho/19_geijutsu_sensho.html)
Here is a classic Ogawa chawan in terms of its rounded organic form, pure white glazing and exposed clay base; in perfect condition with a signed box,8cm.tallx13.5cm. Other Ogawa chawan available can be viewed in listing 736712.
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Miwa Kazuhiko and Kudo Shigeki Limited Sake Box
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Contemporary item# 770546
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A very limited set of two Hagi guinomi sake cups by Miwa Kakuhiko housed in a specially made lacquer box by Kudo Shigeki; only four sets in existence. More about each artist later this week, as today is the last day of 'Golden Week' here in Japan, back-to-back days of national holidays. Kudo's box is 10cm.tallx25.5cm.x10 and Miwa's angelic Hagi guinomi are 6.7cm.tall and 7cm.tall, signed box.
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Bizen Guinomi-Sake Cup by Kaneshige Toyo
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Pre 1970 item# 769735
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Bizen's first Living National Treasure Kaneshige Toyo (1896-1967) is one of the most important Bizen potters of all time. Along with other first LNT's, such as Arakawa Toyozo and Nakazato Muan, Kaneshige researched and revived the ancient Momoyama Period ways of clay preparation, kiln building, kiln loading--a key aspect--and firing. The "tsuchi-aji" clay flavor of Toyo is unsurpassed on all his works, and it is he who made both the Kaneshige name, and moreover, Bizen, an integ ...click for details
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