Ceramics and Pottery Arts and Resources

The Japanese tea ceremony is an artform in itself and the choice of  ceramic utensils used in serving the tea is given careful consideration including the  aesthetic. This has contributed over the centuries to a wide appreciation of the ceramic arts in Japan .Competitions and exhibitions are regularly organised and they attract media  coverage and wide interest from ceramic connoisseurs and collectors. A Japanese potter can have his  career trajectory  quickly elevated by gaining awards in these contests and this has led to continual improvisation, experimentation and refinement in the ceramic crafts. The older traditions of their pottery methods are still revered and practised. Contemporary Japanese ceramicists are able to seamlessly merge modern elements of design, techniques and materials with ancient traditions and maintain the unique Japanese aesthetic.

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Matsui Kôsei (1927-2003) :

Ovoid vase striped with blue, gray and white marbleized colored clay, ca.1977

Matsui Kôsei

 

Small neriage conical vase with marbleized gray, beige and white colored clays, ca. 1977

Matsui Kôsei

 

 

 Stoneware with marbleized colored clay inlays-  1979

Matsui Kôsei

 

 

Small early neriage vase, ca. 1965

Matsui Kôsei

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Tokuda Yasokichi III :

Tokuda Yasokichi III Vase

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Kato Yasukage :

Tea bowl with red and creamy white shino glazes, 2011

Kato Yasukage

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Nishihata Tadashi :

These pieces were displayed at the ” Fired By Tradition ” exhibition (2011) at the  Joan B Mirviss Gallery

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Spherical Tanba vessel with faceted diagonal banding and dripping natural ash glaze and markings.- Nishihata Tadashi

 

 

Tanba ware glazed tea bowl with faceted carved exterior – Nishihata Tadashi

 

 

Tilting Tanba vase with moon-shaped opening and natural dripping ash glaze; 2011 – Nishihata Tadashi

Faceted Tanba tokkuri (sake flask) with light-colored natural ash glaze, 2011 – Nishihata Tadashi

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Suzuki-Osamu  ( 1926-2001 ) :

Suzuki Osamu Sculpture – Kitamura Junko

Osamu Suzuki

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Kitamura Junko :

Oval Vessel 1995 – Kitamura Junko

 

 

 Tall Open Vessel 1998 – Kitamura Junko

 

 

Kitamura Junko

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Kato Yasukage :

Kato Yasukage

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Suzuki Goro :

Narumioribe water jar, 1999 – Suzuki Goro

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Hiroshi Miraji :

Hiroshi Miraji

Musee Tomo

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Akiyama Yo :

” Tension-and-Transition “ – Akiyama Yo

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Miyashita Zenji

Miyashita Zenji-1994-MFAH

Trapezoidal flower vase with diagonal bands, 1997

Miyashita Zenji

Four-piece set for the Japanese tea ceremony, 2005.

Miyashita Zenji

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Kawai Kanjirô  (1890-1960) :

Pale green crackleur and iron-oxide glazed lobed vase, ca. 1938 – Kawai-Kanjirô 

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Kawamoto-Goro   (1919—1986) :

Kawamoto-Goro

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YAGI Kazuo ( 1918-1979 ) :

YAGI Kazuo – Cup 1950

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Mihara Ken :

Mihara Ken

” Kodô (Pulse) “,  2011 – Mihara Ken
Multi-fired unglazed stoneware

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Shogo-Ikeda :

Shogo-Ikeda

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Shimaoka Tatsuzô ( 1919 – 2007 )

Round platter with slip-filled, cord-impressed pattern and floral design on iron glaze ground, 1972 – Shimaoka Tatsuzô

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Ryoji-Koie :

Ryoji Koie

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Yamada-Hikaru  (1923-2001) :

Diamond-shaped glazed perforated stoneware sculpture.1972

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Ogata Kamio  ( b.1949)

Spherical neriage vase Marbleized stoneware with twisted fluting colored clays, 2011

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Fukami Sueharu :

Fukami has dedicated almost 50 years to sculptural ceramics and he is

internationally known for his celebrated pale-blue glazed porcelains,

a glaze that is inspired by Chinese porcelains of the tenth to thirteenth centuries.

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Akira-Yamada :

Akira-Yamada

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Sakiyama Takayuki :

Sakiyama Takayuki

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Imaizumi Imaemon :

Imaizumi Imaemon

Imaizumi Imaemon

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Shogo-Ikeda :

Shogo Ikeda

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Takenaka Ko :

Takenaka Ko

Stoneware bottle vase with white slip and decorated with cast oxides

Ogawa Machiko – ash blue bowl

Kai Satoshi Museum

Twelfth generation potter Miwa Kyuyuki

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