HAGI

SAKA 9

13.03.2024

[Judaisaka Koraizaemon]
A potter brought back from Korea by Terumoto Mori, who ruled the whole of China at the time, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi dispatched troops to Korea, and was originally called Sakata, but later changed his surname to Saka and Terumoto. After moving to Hagi, he was given Komazaemon by the second lord of the Hagi domain, Tsunahiro...

Seigan Yamane, who was born in 1952, is a well-known potter of Hagi Ware. He is known and respected for his blue glaze, which is known as Seigan blue.

Define ceramist is hard to do even it could be just a man or woman who makes clay products or works of art. Deishi Shibuya, was a craftsman, who shaped pottery on a potter's wheel and baked them into a kiln. A renowned ceramist, when it is found, transmits the experience of decades of history and within itself embodies the...