Hagi Shibuya Deishi Plate

Glazed stoneware 

Dimensions: 17 x 9 cm

Hagi ceramic plate by Shibuya Deishi in the shape of a leaf for small sweets and cookies or side dishes. Typical translucent glaze through which the coarse clay shows through.

Shibuya Deishi (1927–2017) is one of the great figures of Hagi ceramics. He was a potter in the classical sense: one who shaped clay on the wheel, matured it in the fire for decades, and sought the language of the earth in every work. His career spans more than half a century, marked by awards and a deep rooting in the tradition of his home region. He was awarded five times at the Hagi Art Exhibition, three times at the Yamaguchi Art Exhibition, as well as at regional competitions in Kyushu and Chugoku. In 1984, he received the International Art Culture Prize. In 1990, he took office as President of the Hagi Traditional Handicrafts Association.

Deishi's works are considered powerful heirs to the Hagi tradition, while at the same time being unmistakable through his own straw-ash glaze type, developed over 30 years. Particularly characteristic is his Oni-Hagi: a clay with a coarse sand content that emerges under a heavily applied white glaze.