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...

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...

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...

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)...

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 Pottery pouch covered in polka-dot silver glaze inspired by traditional textiles by pioneering female artist Tsuboi Asuka threaded with genuine silver couched chord and enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 11 cm (4-1/4 inches) tall and is in excellent condition.
Tsuboi Asuka was born in Osaka in 1932, but the family moved to Tokyo when she was 12...

A draping curtain of dark torn Bizen clay folds over the enigmatic form of this vase by Kaneshige Kosuke enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Texture varies from chattered extrusion to long, combed lines. Soft shades of color glow on the sides of the dark clay. The vase is 9 inches (23 cm) tall, 13 inches (33 cm) wide and in excellent condition, dating circa 1990.
Kaneshige Kosuke was born in 1943, third son of Bizen pillar Kaneshige Toyo...

Ash, color, and rivulets of green drip down in this spectacular sake set by Nishihata Tadashi enclosed in the original signed wooden boxes. Full of the world today, contemporary, breathing, alive. It is a wonderful Sake Set by this Tamba-yaki legend...

Ash crusts a thin veil over the richly textured Shigaraki clay of this amazing Tsubo by Tsujimura Shiro enclosed in the original wooden box titled Uzukumaru.  I see an abraded rock face weeping water somewhere deep in the mountains of Japan, a journey in the mind inspired by the unpredictable billowing of melted ash blasting though the kiln, touching each pot in a unique way and leaving its indelible mark. 
Size, D 18.5 cm ( 7.3 inches)  H 15.5  cm ( 6.1 inches) 
Condition, Ex...

Vase, Hanaire, Mashiko-yaki, by Tagami Munetoshi. Kaki (persimmon) & White glazes with red & green overglaze enamel decorations of snow on bamboo grass (yuki mochi sasa) & stripes. H. 9.5"(24cm) x 2.25"(5.75cm) Square. Ideal for placement in tokonoma. **A companion piece is also available in Blue (instead of Kaki) Glaze. Tagami Munetoshi (b. 1972) is the son of Tagami Isamu and grandson of Sudo Takeo. He is the 5th generation of potters in Mashiko’s Hinatagama (Hinata Kiln) founded during the ...

An exquisite white shape by Nagae Shigekazu enclosed in the original signed wooden box dating circa 1996. Inscribed light patterns like waving blades of grass are almost indiscernible on the surface, incredibly detailed and crisp when viewed close-up, a green splash of color like a Christmas ribbon circling the form in both directions. It measures 14 inches (35 cm) tall, 5 inches (13 cm) square at base, mouth 7-1/2 x 2 inches (18.5 x 5 cm), and is in perfect condition. Included is the origin...

A lot of drama in this crispy glazed tsubo deeply scored by the artists fingers, the trailing divets filled with running ash glaze by Murakoshi Takuma, two deep punctures in the side where it sank into the kiln supports, and a large artist performed gold repair where it had adhered to the kiln floor. The gold glimmers from the darkest part of the vessel, where it was charred black from laying in the embers. The fingerlets of flowing ash all circle the body, seeming to point out the flaw, accen...

A large tsubo in gold and white slip by Miyashita Hideko enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Haku-a Kaki Rin to Shite Yo. The title speaks of standing up alone, and the artist told me it was a piece she created when she came to terms with the grief of her husband passing away and had decided to make a fresh go of life. The form was influenced by ancient Chinese maternal sculptures, thus the forward, broad stance. An image of one of the sculptures can be seen on a ticket stub fro...

Vase by Sachiko Furuya, Shoreline, WA. Contemporary; H.5.5"(13.5cm) x Dia.3.5"(9cm). 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 Dubuque, Iowa. She has exhibited her work in galleries and museums in the United...

The most unique work I have ever seen from innovative artist Ito Motohiko enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Nunome Tsubaki-mon Kabin (Cloth Textured Vase with Camellia Design). Sensual sans eroticism, it is a frank and appreciative look at the beauty of the feminine form. This is from my personal collection, and I am torn with the idea of parting with it. The vase is 9 x 6-1/2 x 14-1/2 inches (23 x 16.5 x 37 cm) and is in excellent condition, retaining the original wrapping ...