This enchanting hanaire (vase) is a Kato Shuntei III production. It was made at his kiln Shuntei-gama (Shuntei kiln) in the city of Seto in central Japan. It is made in the Ki-seto (yellow seto) style. Seto pottery has a more than 400-year-old history. It was born in the ancient province of Mino (current Aichi prefecture) and is part of a rich tradition of many styles among which are oribe and shino also.

Kato Shuntei was born in 1960 and is the third bearer of the name Shuntei...

This remarkable hanaire (vase) is part of a series of mostly antique and vintage items that we recovered from the storehouse of a retired construction contractor. His house is located in the southern part of Kyoto, where buildings from the Edo and Meiji periods still stand...

This beautiful set of two Bizen kaki (flower pots) was made by an artist named Moritoki Taiyu. Bizen is one of the six oldest remaining Japanese pottery traditions. Bizen is a small town in Okayama prefecture (ancient Bizen province). There, for more than one thousand years, potters have been producing a sober yet strong looking wood fired ceramic...