An iconic work decorated with energetic graffiti by important potter Suzuki Goro enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The artist exuberance seems to over-run his pallet, covering all sides and becoming trapped in the vortex in the bottom. Inside the box lid the artist has scrawled a woman in ink and signed it like a painting...

Reminiscent of an excavated Haniwa figure of a house, this museum quality vase is by Koinuma Michio and comes enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled very simply Tsubo. It is an iconic work by this eclectic artist, whose work is entirely unique and easily discernible. It is 27.5 cm (11 inches) square, 37 cm (14-3/4 inches) tall and in excellent condition. Due to size this will require special shipping consideration...

A spectacular sake set by Nishihata Tadashi enclosed in the original signed wooden boxes titled Hai -yu Tokkuri and Guinomi respectively .Rising up in raw clay to meet the double whamy of green and blue-edged white falling from the shoulder.
Size, Tokkuri D 12.2 cm H 14.7cm
Size, Guinomi D 6.6cm H 7.2cm
Condition, Excellent
Nishihata Tadashi was born in Sasayama in the mountains of Hyogo, and ancient castle town in 1948...

An iconic work covered in pale earth-tones and decorated with energetic graffiti,crow and nudes by important potter Suzuki Goro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titeld Yahichida Oribe Hisago Tokkur and date to 2014. Yahichida was a style of Oribe popular in the Momoyama and early Edo periods. That said it is likely that they did not decorate with such audacious flair back then...

A tall lidded vase by world famous artist Higashida Shigemasa enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Oribe Hana-ire . It is entirely sculptural, with a gorgeous translucent green waterfall only this artist can create. This is a rare opportunity to acquire a very special piece by this artist.
Size, D 14.8 cm H 44.6 cm
Condition, Excellent
Higashida Shigemasa was born in Hiroshima in 1955, and garnered a BA from the Shimonoseki Municipal University in 1978...

A spectacular sculptured vase by world famous Kohyama Yasuhisa enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shigaraki Shizen-yu Mentori Choho Hanaire. (Shigaraki Natural ash glaze faceted Rectangle Vase). This is a superb example of this important Shigaraki artists work, showing both his singular design and mastery of firing...

A superb Uzukumaru tsubo by Tsujimura Shiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Shell marks, kutsuki, ash blasting. The piece is 7-3/4 inches (19.5 cm) tall, 6 inches (15.5 cm) diameter and in excellent condition.
Tsujimura Shiro was born in Nara in 1947, and began his steps into the art world as an oil painter. While living at a Buddhist temple he experienced a profound connection with a Korean Tea Bowl, and began potting...

An exquisite work of layered pottery by challenging female artist Fukumoto Fuku enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shinonome ( Beginning of Morning Twilight). The clear white glaze certainly is like moonlight, and something about the impact of the form into multiple forms calls to mind an asteroid strikeing ground. It is both calm and alive with movement at the same time...

Red highlights the orange and white on this playful form vase by Kato Yasukage enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shino Hanaire and signed by the 14th Generation Yasukage followed by his seal. The pin-holed glaze burnt and licked crimson by the flames. The way the color fades into the white feldspar one can almost imagine the smoke rising off of the molten form as it cooled in the kiln...

Two Guinomi sake cups and a Tokkuri by Takauchi Shugo enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Oribe Sake-ki and dated 1998. The box contains two cups, one tall, one short , and one Tokkuri, all in similar design.The set was from a solo exhibition held at the Nipponbashi Mitsukoshi Department Store in Tokyo, January 1998.The box contains the original exhibition invitation as well, and has been decorated with an image of the set by Shugo.
Size,(Tokkuri) D 6.7 cm   H 16.9  cm  ...

Ash is blasted around the majestic form of this fantastic Iga vase by Tanimoto Kei enclosed in the original wooden box titled Iga Kokumon Chaki and date to 2016. The shape is organic with a clefted-mesa likening to a Japanese garden stone. Rather than a simple round rim, the artist has chosen an unusual and absorbing cuts which adds a sense of the natural world, God does not work in straight lines so they say, and neither does Tanimoto sensei ...

Pale jade spots dot the incised surface of this unusual vase by Nagae Shigekazu enclosed in the original signed wooden box retaining the Shiori and Shifuku. The vase, if not for its distant, moon-like quality, has a very pop-art-presence, blending both the austerity of Japanese traditional aesthetics with contemporary art. Fun and moving; a haunting pleasure. It is 14 inches (35.5 cm) tall, 5 inches (13 cm) square at the base, 7 inches (19 cm) wide at the rim and in excellent condition...

One of the best pieces I have seen by this revolutionary artist, enclosed in the original signed wooden boxes titled Kuro Tokkuri and date to 2019. Texture, form, colors and every angle creates a new view. Those ones has it all!
Size,(Left) D 8.9 cm H 14.8 cm
Size,(Right) D 7.8 cm H 16.1 cm
Condition, Excellent
Kakurezaki Ryuichi is one of the most well known of Bizen potters, he is interestingly originally not from Bizen but far off Nagasaki, which seems to...

Vase (J. hanaire) by Sachiko Furuya. Bamboo Ash Glaze, Rope Pattern on side inspired by kakehanaire (hanging vases.) H.6.375"(16.25cm) X Dia.(4.25"(10.75cm). Sachiko Furuya hails from Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. There, she studied pottery with Yukio Matsuura, making primarily tea wares for practitioners of the Omotesenke School of Tea. She also attended the College of Arts at Nihon University (Tokyo,) Suidobara Fine Arts Academy (Tokyo,) and has a Studio Art degree from Clark College in Dubu...

A masterpiece of dark grey covered in thick brushstrokes of slip by Shigemori Yoko enclosed in a signed wooden box titled CUBE. Through the slip and into the surface has been scratched windows of lace and fishnet designs. Inside is rolling waves or fish scales. One side difers, with no decoration on the white slip inside, the surface divided into 4 separate cubes outside. It is 22 cm (9 inches) on all sides, and in excellent condition, enclosed in a wooden box signed by her brother Naoki.

A large swirling form covered in fissured celadon by Minegishi Seiko enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The glaze is amazing to behold, the layers shattered into thousands of transparent crystallized flakes stacked upon one another. It is roughly 12 inches (31 cm) tall and in excellent condition.
Born in 1952 in Saitama, Minegishi Seiko studied under various masters in Nagano, Tochigi and Ibaragi, going solo at the young age of 22. He worked in Kohiki ware initially, but moved t...

An amazing large trumpeting vessel, covered with translucent green by Yamaguchi Makoto enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Oribe Kaki,date to 2022.
Size, D, 30.5 cm H, 31.2 cm
Condition, Excellent
A rising star in the pottery world, Yamaguchi Makoto was born in Seto, Aichi prefecture in 1978. In 2000 he was apprenticed to Hiroshige Kato (Kasen Toen). In 2004 began exhibiting his wares and has held many solo exhibitions at Department Stores and top galler...

A large vessel by Shimaoka Tatsuzo enclosed in the original signed and stamped wooden box titled Shio-yu Zogan Jomon Tsubo. The artists famous Jomon rope impressions are visible in filled slip about the center,covered in salt glaze, resulting in a burnished blue,green and Yohen colors giving light to the heavy form. A beautifully potted piece!
Size, D 24.1 cm H 31.8 cm
Condition, Excellent
Shimaoka Tatsuzo (1919-2007) attended the Tokyo Industrial School Ceramics depart...