A classic angular silhouette in vivid Oribe coloration pierced by a jagged handle by Takauchi Shugo enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Oribe Te-oke. This artist does have a surprisingly wide range, and this piece certainly proves that. Adept at Shino, Oribe, Mashiko styles and others, he is a tough one to nail down and even more difficult to acquire, his pieces proving very popular at exhibition. This is a rare opportunity to acquire one of his masterpieces...

f you are looking for a good wall vase, this will be the one! A virtual textbook on firing effects decorates this spectacular Iga Kake-hanaire wall vase by Tsujimura Shiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box. A very powerful presentation, fulfilling all our expectations from this important artist.
Size, D 13.8 cm H 13,1 cm
Condition, Excellent
Tsujimura Shiro was born in Nara in 1947, and began his steps into the art world as an oil painter...

Ash is blasted around the stately form of this tall vase by legendary potter Tsujimura Shiro enclosed in the original wooden box titled Iga Mimitsuki Hanaire (Iga Vase with Ears)and signed by the artist in the lower left corner. This piece was exhibited at a solo exhibition in Umeda Hankyu Department Store in 1989 and is featured in the catalog image number 10...

A rare blue gleams on the edges of this small cuboid by Furutani Taketoshi enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shigaraki Shizen-yu Hen Hana-ire. The surface is heavily abraded as with a chisel, giving plenty of grip for the natural blown-ash glaze. It is 9 x 6.5 x 9 cm (3-1/2 x 2-1/2 x 3-1/2 inches) and is in excellent condition, directly from the artist...

A stunning Kakehana wall vase in liquid gray ash forming crystalline green droplets beading on the front by pioneering Shigaraki artist Furutani Hiromu (Churoku I) enclosed in a wooden box signed by the family and titled Shizen-yu Kakehana Hana-ire. It is 5 cm (2 inches) diameter, 33 cm (13 inches) long and in perfect condition, directly from the Furutani family personal collection...

Yasuo Tamaoki (b. 1941) Shino Ware ChawanYasuo Tamaoki (b. 1941) Shino Ware Chawan

Size
Height 8cm
Width 12cm

In excellent condition
Supplied with signed wooden box

Tamaoki Yasuo was born in Tajimi, Gifu Prefecture in 1941 as the 4th generation heir of Gyokuzan-gama, a family kiln. He completed his education at Gifu Prefecture Industrial High School in 1960 and joined the family kiln thereafter...

A contemporary Shigaraki Yunomi Cup in Natural Ash Glaze by Furutani Taketoshi enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shizen-yu Yunomi. It is 7 x 7 x 7 cm (3 x 3 x 3 inches) and is in excellent condition, directly from the artist...

Remarkable Shino sake cup featuring exquisite glazing made by Mino legend Ando Hidetake.

Size
Height 4.6cm
Width 6.2cm

Condition
Unused
Supplied with signed box

Ando Hidetake, born in 1938, hails from the esteemed Mino pottery family of Gifu prefecture. In 1960, he embarked on a remarkable journey as an apprentice under the guidance of Kato Tokuro...

A brooding Tokkuri sake flask by Furutani Taketoshi, the glistening glaze like infidel skies, a storm rapidly approaching, the stone-like surface reaching a crescendo with a dusky bead of glass reaching out to the viewer. It comes enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shigaraki Shizen-yu Tokkuri. It is 16.5 cm (6-1/2 inches) tall and in excellent condition, directly from the artist...

This is a most unique work, a faceted Kurinuki chawan carved and hollowed out from a solid block of clay by Furutani Taketoshi enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shigaraki Shizen-yu Shinogi Chawan. Shinogi is a term referring to a blade, and is the artist’s term for pieces from which he has cut away the surface. In this case, he carved and formed the outside from a single lump of clay, cutting away to reveal the form...

A small scorched vessel by Furutani Taketoshi encapsulating in a microcosm the various aspects of Anagama-kiln firing enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shizen-yu Guinomi. It is 6.5 cm (2-1/2 inches) diameter and in excellent condition, directly from the artist...

A cluster of ash and slag has adhered to the shoulder of this scarred and charred single flower vase by Furutani Taketoshi enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shigaraki Shizen-yu Shinogi Ichirin Hanaire. The exterior has been thickly potted then sliced away in a slightly swirlin pattern in a style the artist calls Shinogi. This allows the flying ash plenty of hold to create the keshiki, or landscape effects) for which this family is known...

An historically important work by Furutani Hiromu (Churoku I) from the initial firing of their newly established Nobori-gama climbing kiln in 1974. This type of work is called Hatsugama, or first from the kiln. It is the only piece in the show from the climbing kiln (which has not been fired in over 20 years) and the earliest piece in the show as well. It is 32 x 8 x 35 cm (13 x 3 x 14 inches) and in excellent condition, directly from the family...

This piece I feel goes very well with the Tokkuri just listed, a guinomi showcasing the soft tones of the Shigaraki clay with its inclusions and imperfections, a smattering of ash inside spilling like sake over the rim in green, white and gray. It is by Furutani Taketoshi and comes enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shizen-yu Guinomi. It is 6.5 cm (2-1/2 inches) diameter, 4.5 cm (just under 2 inches) tall and in excellent condition, directly from the artist.
Furutani Take...

A beautifully crafted Tokkuri covered in ash encrustation by Furutani Taketoshi enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shizen Yu Tokkuri. It is 8.5 cm (3-1/2 inches) diameter, 13 cm (5 inches) tall and in excellent condition, directly from the artist. It goes very well with teh sake cup pictured, (Not included but featured Next)
Furutani Taketoshi was born the son of master craftsman Furutani Hirofumi in 1974, graduating the Shigaraki Industrial High School Ceramics department...

Rare Hamada Shoji (1884–1978) Summer Chawan with distinctive iron pigments.

Size
Height 7.5cm
Width 13.8cm

Very good condition with no damage
Supplied with wooden box signed by Hamada Shinsaku

Shoji Hamada (1894-1978) was a renowned Japanese ceramic artist and one of the leading figures of the Mingei (Folk Craft) movement. He is internationally recognized for his contributions to pottery and is considered a master of traditional Japanese pottery...

The vertical sides turn out ever so slightly at the rim allowing a view into the crystalline lake pooled inside this deep bowl by Furutani Taketoshi enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shigaraki Shizen-yu Chawan. The interior is entirely covered in natural ash glaze, colors varying from light green to iron red to twilight gray with the aforementioned pool of crystalline green in the center. This is in stark contrast to the coal strip fraught with green rivulets outside, which cov...

This bowl is just an ideal look at the many aspects for which Shigaraki is known. The entire is incredibly natural looking, as if erosion and growth have spent eons together creating the paternation. This of course, truly happens over about 5 days, the effects born from the natural combination of fire, ash, flow and placement within the kiln. It is 11 x (4-1/4 inches) diameter, 8 cm (3-1/4 inches) tall and in excellent condition, directly from the artist
Furutani Taketoshi was born the...

A cylinder has been removed from this cylindrical vase, quite a striking shape by Furutani Taketoshi enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shigaraki Shizen-yu Ohen Ichirin Hanaire. The hollow created has filled with a heavy deposit of ash with fingers of color reaching out from the dark interior wrapping around the vessel to the red eyelets. The top too is heavily coated in glistening molten ash in grays and greens, olives and ochers. It is 12.5 cm (5 inches) diameter, 21 cm (just...

How perfectly does this vessel show off the character of clay?! Furutani Taketoshi has built up the clay I a method allowing the natural rough surface to remain undisturbed, a deep gouge around the shoulder filled with a pool of alpine green crystals and the neck meandering up like a natural crag. Soft gray underlies the flying ash and rivulets of fresh green cascading down the sides. The beauty of Shigaraki lies in its ability to connect the various elements of nature from which it is create...

The raw red flesh glows softly under a coating of ash which wraps around in tendrils to the coal blackened base of this voluminous Vase by Furutani Taketoshi enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shigaraki Shizen-yu Yohen Tsubo. Yohen, literally translated Kiln-altered, is a word for the unexpected results, or fortuitous accidents of firing. In this case, they are likely speaking of the unusual red coloration. Kiln effects are what this family is known for, and this does not disa...

A classic work by pioneering artist Furutani Hiromu (Churoku I), the torn clay covered in naturally formed green ash-glaze. It retains the original ceramic lid and comes in a wooden box titled Shigaraki Shizen-yu Mizusashi, directly from the family. The receptacle is 18 x 18.5 x 23 cm (7-1/2 inches diameter, 9 inches tall) and is in excellent condition.
Furutani Hiromu (Churoku I, 1922-2012) Fascinated by the aesthetics of "wabi" and "sabi" expressed in the “Koge” (Charing),“Hi-ir...

This bowl by Furutani Taketoshi is a textbook of Shigaraki kiln effects. Fiery reds rimmed with olive, hints of emerald over twilight gray skies. It was exhibited at the Regional Dento Kogeiten Traditional Crafts Exhibition and comes enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shigaraki Shizen-yu Chawan. It is 10.5 x 11 x 9 cm (roughly 4 plus inches diameter, 3-1/2 inches tall) and is in excellent condition, directly from the artist.
Furutani Taketoshi was born the son of master...

The fire is still alive on this striking Shigaraki Tsubo by Furutani Taketoshi enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shigaraki Shizen-yu Yohen Tsubo. Yohen, literally translated Kiln-altered, is a word for the unexpected results, or fortuitous accidents of firing. In this case, they are likely speaking of the unusual coloration of the running ash wrapping around the blackened surface. Kiln effects are what this family is known for, and this does not disappoint. It is 27.5 x 27.5...

An iconic vessel by the important Shigaraki artist Furutani Hiromu (Churoku I) enclosed in the original signed wooden box simply titled Shigaraki-yaki Tsubo. The natural ash glaze covers the shoulder and runs down into the darkness of the blackened embers below. The neck is perfectly formed in a classic Medieval fashion, sharply angled on the rounded body. It is 27 cm (11 inches) diameter, 30.5 cm (12 inches) tall and in perfect condition. This is the only piece by the first generation we h...

An incredible work by Furutani Hirofumi enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shigaraki Shizen-yu Hen Hanaire. Crystaline green glass pools on one side, reaching down a hand to grasp the blackened shell impressions near the base surrounded in raw sunburnt clay. Opposite red discs surround shell marks where it was stacked in the kiln, beads of green forming like dew drops defying gravity on the rim. In between the earth is scorched and blackened, rivulets of olive running between. ...

This Tokkuri by Furutani Taketoshi beautifully matches the sake cup just listed, glistening glaze the color of wet moss runs over the stone-like surface reaching a crescendo as a dusky bead of glass reaching out to the viewer. It comes enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shigaraki Shizen-yu Tokkuri. It is 14 cm (5-1/2 inches) tall and in excellent condition, directly from the artist.
Furutani Taketoshi was born the son of master craftsman Furutani Hirofumi in 1974, graduati...

A brooding dark bowl blasted with color, a pool of green on one edge seeming to weep through to form a bead of murky green on the outside by Furutani Taketsohi enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shizen-yu Guinomi. It is just over 6 cm (2-1/2 inches) diameter 4.2 cm (1-3/4 inches) tall and in excellent condition, directly from the artist.
Furutani Taketoshi was born the son of master craftsman Furutani Hirofumi in 1974, graduating the Shigaraki Industrial High School Cerami...

A slightly smaller Tsutsu-gata (Cylinder shaped) Chawan made for outdoor use by Furutani Taketoshi enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shigaraki Shizen-yu Tabi Chawan. A Tabi-chawan, literally Travel Tea Bowl, is usually slightly smaller, made to be carried and used out of doors or in a setting other than one’s own abode. An incredible landscape plays across the surface, calling to mind moss covered rocks, flowing water, silhouetted hills and the twilit sky. The rim shows a hi...

The Tea bowls from this family are a textbook image of kiln effects, and this piece by Furutani Taketoshi is no exception. Cleft marks in the red clay remain where it was stacked in the kiln, surrounded by running ash, an alpine pool of crystal green forming inside with hints of lavender peering through the blast of green. The form is bold with a slight taper, both inviting and yet trapping the aroma of the frothy green tea. The rim undulates slightly, and cups gently to the lips on the drinki...

Undoubtedly one of the stars of the show, this dynamic work is a one of a kind, a deeply sculpted vessel by Furutani Taketoshi in austere fire color enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shigaraki Hi-iro Chokoku Maru-Tsubo.
Furutani Taketoshi was born the son of master craftsman Furutani Hirofumi in 1974, graduating the Shigaraki Industrial High School Ceramics department in 1992 before entering the Shiga prefectural Ceramics Research Facility where he learned first Small Rokur...

A striking form covered coated in glistening green glass and gnarly clusterd of black ash by Furutani Hirofume enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shigaraki Shizen-yu Hen Hanaire. This is an absolute classic vessel by the artist. It is 31 x 10.5 x 34 cm (12 x 4 x 13-1/2 inches) and in excellent condition, directly from the artist.
Furutani Hirofumi (b. 1948) is the real deal, a Shigaraki potter trained under his father, recipient of tradition and knowledge who does not say...

Lush Ki-seto vase with a wide array of effects and colorations within the glaze and vivid, gem-like bidoro style beads in the nooks and crannies of the form. Made by Hayashi Shotaro in the early 1990s, this vase is a classic form and surface for the potter with throwing marks and added potter's marks articulating the medieval form. Shotaro is perhaps one of Japans true genius potters, moving far beyond tradition, glaze research and firing technique, to a place of inception. He first began wit...

A masterpiece by Furutani Taketoshi enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shigaraki Shizen-yu Shinogi Tsubo. Shinogi is this method of cutting away portions of the surface, in this case in waving patterns. This both allows the natural ash glaze a foot hold as it blows through the kiln, and as it cools, allows the molten ash to flow and create striking patterns on the surface. This vessel is 25 x 16.5 x 30 cm (10 x 6-1/2 x 12 inches) and is in excellent condition, directly from the...

Fabulous kiln effects, natural ash glaze and rivulets of green, flow over gray on this striking vessel by Furutani Taketoshi enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shigaraki Shizen-yu Kaku Hanaire. It is 12 x 12 x 13 cm (5 x 5 x 5-1/2 inches) and in excellent condition, directly from the artist.
Furutani Taketoshi was born the son of master craftsman Furutani Hirofumi in 1974, graduating the Shigaraki Industrial High School Ceramics department in 1992 before entering the Shiga...

A glacial lake of alpine green pools inside the Caldera-like top of this striking vase by Furutani Taketoshi enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shigaraki Shizen-yu Hanaire. It is 14 cm (5-1/2 inches) diameter, 15.5 cm (6 inches) tall and in excellent condition, directly from the artist.
Furutani Taketoshi was born the son of master craftsman Furutani Hirofumi in 1974, graduating the Shigaraki Industrial High School Ceramics department in 1992 before entering the Shiga pref...