Kenji Tabei Isekizai

06.04.2021

Born in Tatebayashi City, Gunma Prefecture

When Shino glazes cover drawings painted in iron oxide, they appear and disappear under the varying thickness of the glaze, creating a magnetic effect, as seen in the chawan (tea bowl) above and platter to the right. These are known as e-Shino (e means picture).

Mizuno Takuzo (b.1927)

14.03.2021

(b.1927) studied with Kato Kageaki(1899-1972, Yasukage's grandfather) and then with LNT Tomimoto Kenkichi before establishing his kiln in 1961. In 2010 he was designated a Toki City(birthplace of Shino) Intangible Cultural Property for his Black Seto. From a young age, Takuzo Mizuno (b. 1927) apprenticed with several well-known potters including...

Tsukigata Nahiko Life Frame Enso Beauty

12.03.2021

[Fukumoto Tsumoru Sekio] Born in Kyoto Prefecture in 1952. In 1983, he was appointed as a resident priest of the Daitokuji school, Horinji temple. In 1959, he was appointed as the chief priest of the Daitokuji school. In 2004, he transferred Horinji to his successor. I ordered the priest of Shochu-ji again