Applied gold and colored glass decorate this Rimpa inspired yellow sake set by Kuroki Kuniaki enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kinsai Korin Hisago (Applied Gold Korin Series Gourd). The flask is 11 cm (4-1/2 inches) tall, the cups 5 cm (2 inches) tall and all are in excellent condition, a superb and functional example of this important artists work.
Kuroki Kuniaki was born in Miyazaki prefecture in 1945...

Broken glass pieces are joined back together on these amazing Tea Containers by rising star Nishinaka Yukito enclosed in the original signed wooden boxes. These are an excellent example for his famed "Kintsugi" series...

Heat shattered gold foil decorates the amber glass of this sake set by Yoshida Katsumi enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The Cups are 6.3 cm (2-1/2 inches) diameter, 3 cm tall. The pot is 21 x 17 x 17 cm (8-1/4 x 7 x 7 inches) and all are in excellent condition.
Yoshida Katsumi is a master craftsman born in Fukuoka Prefecture in 1938. He is well known for his tea utensils, including water pourers and sencha bowls...

A drinking set covered in gold foil and Rimpa inspired florals by Kuroki Kuniaki enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Tebuki Glass Shuki and named inside Kinasi Korin. There are two cups, a Tokkuri sake flask, and two chopstick holders, one saphire the other ruby. The Tokkuri pot is 5 inches (12.5 cm) tall and all is in excellent condition. Kuroki Kuniaki was born in Miyazaki prefecture in 1945...

A lidded bottle of hand blown blue glass with a white stripe swirling up to a ball-lilke bung of clear with a white center by Nakashima Yasushi It is 7 inches (18 cm) tall plus the lid, and in excellent condition. Perfect for chilled summer sake, signed on the base Y. Nakashima.
Nakashima Yasushi (1938-2017) was born in Hyogo prefecture and graduated the Kyoto Municipal University of Art in 1962. While still at university he was accepted into the Mainichi Kogyo Design exhibition...

A small powerful work in clear glass covered in spiraling silver foil with a lid of opaque black by Ogawa Kaoru enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Ruri Koro. The piece is supported on three feet which seem to drip like black honey from the bottom while the same black crowns the six-sided form, rising in flutes to the finial. It is 13 cm (just over 5 inches) tall and in excellent condition...

Crimson petals seem to swirl about a vortex of yellow fading to white on the overall black glass surface of this plate by Nakashima Yasushi enclosed in the original signed wooden box and exhibited at the 19th Nihon Dento Kogeiten exhibition (catalog included). It is 14 x 16 inches (35.5 x 41.5 cm) and is in excellent condition. It is titled Anba Unmo Nami-Uchi Sara, Roran no Hana. (I believe he is using the first two characters as “ateji” meaning Amber Mica Waved Dish, Orchid Flowers)...

A striking glass bowl which defies explanation by important female glass artist Iwata Itoko enclosed in the original singed wooden box. Made like the feathers of a peacock, each blue flourish contains a round bead of air marking the eye of the feather. Incredible! It is 15 cm (6 inches) diameter and in excellent condition. This is a rare opportunity to acquire one of her chawan, as she produced very few and only in the last years of her life...