Ceramics
Visiting Yanashita Hideki
When I set off for Iga in November 2023, there was another potter besides Atarashi Manabu whom I really wanted to meet. In Japan, Yanashita Hideki is known through exhibitions and articles...
Visiting Yanashita Hideki
When I set off for Iga in November 2023, there was another potter besides Atarashi Manabu whom I really wanted to meet. In Japan, Yanashita Hideki is known through exhibitions and articles...
Characteristics of Japanese Raku tea bowls: wha...
For a long time, I hesitated to devote myself to the subject of Raku. There is so much to write about this type of ceramic, especially because its history is...
Characteristics of Japanese Raku tea bowls: wha...
For a long time, I hesitated to devote myself to the subject of Raku. There is so much to write about this type of ceramic, especially because its history is...
Visiting Ceramic Master Hokujô
When I was considering opening a ceramics shop years ago, what appealed to me most was the idea of connecting with the people who actually make them. This is, by...
Visiting Ceramic Master Hokujô
When I was considering opening a ceramics shop years ago, what appealed to me most was the idea of connecting with the people who actually make them. This is, by...
Echizen Ceramics by the Kondô Couple
Echizen ceramics are one of Japan's “Six Ancient Kilns.” The center is located in today's Fukui Prefecture, north of Kyoto. Sueki ceramics have been fired there since at least the...
Echizen Ceramics by the Kondô Couple
Echizen ceramics are one of Japan's “Six Ancient Kilns.” The center is located in today's Fukui Prefecture, north of Kyoto. Sueki ceramics have been fired there since at least the...
Seto, Oribe, and Mino Ceramics: An Introduction
When you begin to explore Japanese ceramics, you will one day come across Mino and Seto ceramics (Japanese: Mino-yaki 美濃焼, Seto-yaki 瀬戸焼). Mino and Seto do not describe a style, but rather...
Seto, Oribe, and Mino Ceramics: An Introduction
When you begin to explore Japanese ceramics, you will one day come across Mino and Seto ceramics (Japanese: Mino-yaki 美濃焼, Seto-yaki 瀬戸焼). Mino and Seto do not describe a style, but rather...
Echizen Ceramics by Namiyosegama Keiko
It has now been six years since I first met the Kitajima family in Fukui and purchased some of their pieces. Mrs. Shinya Keiko (née Kitajima Keiko) and her now-deceased...
Echizen Ceramics by Namiyosegama Keiko
It has now been six years since I first met the Kitajima family in Fukui and purchased some of their pieces. Mrs. Shinya Keiko (née Kitajima Keiko) and her now-deceased...