Monthly Archives: March 2009

Gallery of Japanese Potters

 The  role that pottery has played in development of the Japanese aesthetic and culture has been substantial.  Japanese pottery has evolved over the centuries into a high art form.  Since the Kamakura period (1183-1333), wood-fired pottery from the six oldest historic Japanese pottery centers (Bizen, Echizen, Tanba, Seto, Shigaraki and Tokoname) helped to cultivate a unique artistic appreciation that represented subtle understated beauty. Zen monks were among the first to extol the virtue and beauty of simple austerity. Today, the Japanese ceramists in various pottery centers continue their heritage, producing timeless works of art using traditional materials and techniques refined through centuries of experience.

Ichino Masahiko :

Ichino Masahiko - plate with geometric lines radiating from an orange circular centre

Ichino Masahiko

Ichino Masahiko Sculpture Ceramic art

Ichino Masahiko

 

-Ichino-Masahiko - asymmetrical bowl with abstract patterns

Ichino Masahiko

 

 

Ichino-Masahiko elliptical shaped vessel with pointed ends in orange and black

Ichino Masahiko

 

 

Tokuda Yasokichi III : Glazed vessel with high gloss in blue and turquoise green by Tokuda Yasokichi III

Tokuda Yasokichi III

 

spherical ceramic vessel in purple and blue by Tokuda Yasokichi III

Tokuda Yasokichi III

 

 

Tokuda Yasokichi III ovoid vase with turquoise and purple glaze

Tokuda Yasokichi III

 

 

 

Tokuda Yasokichi III ceramic tea jar with three handles

Kutani Tea Jar  Tokuda Yasokichi III

 

 

 

Ono Kotaro :

Ono Kotaro Ceramic vessel with frosted teal green colour glaze wavy textured surface

Ono Kotaro

 

Ono Kotaro White ceramic sake bottle and cup

Ono Kotaro- sake bottle and cup

 

 

New Works by Ono Kotaro - spherical ceramic vase with wave pattern surface decoration

Ono Kotaro

 

 

Ohashi Yutaka :

Chosen-Karatsu Vase by Ohashi Yutaka with two lug handles

Chosen-Karatsu Vase

 

 Ito Saibei :

Black Raku Chawan by Ito Saibei

Black Raku Chawan – Ito Saibei

 

Matsui Kosei :

Matsui Kosei ceramic bowl

Matsui Kosei

 

 

Matsui-Kosei Japanese ceramic spherical vessel, textured surface with horizontal stripes

Matsui Kosei

 

 

Matsui Kosei footed bowl

Matsui Kosei

 

 

Urakami Zenji :

urakami zenji ceramic raku vase

Urakami Zenji

 

 

Urakami Zenji Buddha figurative sculpture - Robert-Yeltsin gallery

Urakami Zenji

 

Urakami Zenji - raku lidded box - earth tones

Urakami Zenji

 

 

Hayashi Kotaro :

Hayashi Kotaro baluster vase

Hayashi Kotaro

 

Hayashi Kotaro ceramic cup

Hayashi Kotaro  ( 1940 – 1981 )

Robert Yellin Yakamoto Gallery

 

 

Reiko Kakiuchi-Cohen : ( via – Touching Stone )

Reiko Kakiuchi-Cohen spherical ceramic bottle

‘Twilight’  – Reiko Kakiuchi-Cohen

 

 

Reiko Kakiuchi-Cohen japanese vase

Reiko Kakiuchi-Cohen

 

 

‘Storm’ – Reiko Kakiuchi-Cohen

 

Tadashi Nishihata   ( Tanba )

Tadashi Nishihata raku vase

Tadashi Nishihata

 

 

 

Nishihata-Tadashi-----globular Tamba-ash-glazed-pleated jar

‘Tamba ash glazed tsubo’  Nishihata Tadashi

Sold – japanesepottery.com

 

 

Tadashi Nishihata ovoid vase

Tadashi Nishihata vase

 

 

Nishihata-Tadashi-faceted ash-glazed-tamba-chawan

Ash glazed tamba chawan  – Nishihata Tadashi

 

 

Tadashi Nishihata spherical vessel

Tadashi Nishihata

 

 

 

Blue Contemporary-Vase-by-Morino-Taimei-B

Contemporary Vase by Morino Taimei B

 

 

 

Footed Chawan-18-Akira-Satake

‘Chawan 18’ – Akira Satake

 

 

 

Shoji-Hamada-----jar,-tenmoku-glaze-and-kaki-trailed-slip

Jar, tenmoku glaze and kaki trailed slip – Shoji Hamada

 

 

 

 

Marbled-ware-jar-with-glass like-gloss-- by Maeta-Akihiro

 

Marbled ware jar with glass like gloss by Maeta Akihiro

 

 

YASUKO-NAKAMURA incised plate

Yasuko Yakamura carved wall plate