This magnificent tsubo (jar) was made by a Bizen master potter named Nishimura Shunko (1886-1953). Nishimura Shunko was born in Kyoto. He established his kiln in Inbe a subdivision of the town of Bizen, located in Okayama prefecture (ancient Bizen province), in 1909.

Bizen is one of the six oldest remaining Japanese pottery traditions. In that town, for more than one thousand years, potters have been producing a sober yet strong looking wood fired ceramic...

This beautiful set of five kashizara (confectionary plate) 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 exquisite guinomi (sake cup) was produced by an artist who has influenced contemporary Japanese pottery like very few others; Kitaoji Rosanjin (1883-1959). Rosanjin devoted his entire life to the studies of art and the creation of beauty and was an accomplished artist whose work encompasses many genres of fine arts from calligraphy to ceramics. In the case of pottery, it is said that whatever Rosanjin would made could be used for the highly refined Japanese tea ceremony...