I’m always interested in the older pottery videos of times gone by. My wife and I enjoyed watching The Potters of Japan the other night. Put together by Richard E. Peeler who was a pioneer in documenting these treasures. It features some the great pottery styles and regions of Japan like Bizen, Tamba, Haki & Mashiko that we saw during the visit to the Mason-Scharfenstein Museum at Piedmont College. The soundtrack is just classic!
Tag: Kyoto
A visit to The Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art
In researching tea ceremony for a client I came across a ceramics show held at the Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art at Piedmont College. It is a beautiful museum and the curators are friendly and knowledgeable. I was asked by some friends to make a few pictures so I decided to blog it.
JAPANESE POTTERY
The rising generation from traditional Japanese kilns
Arita and Karatsu Ware – Imaizumi Masato – Porcelain bowl with maple leaf motif in black, blue, and silver
Hagi Ware – Yomato Tsutomu – Bowl with engobe and gold leaf decor
Hagi Ware – Nakazato Taki – Decorated Karatsu fresh-water jar
Hagi Ware – Nakazato Taki – Nanban jar
Hagi Ware – Miwa Kazuhiko – Dreams in White
Hagi Ware – Kaneta Masanao – Pounded, hand-hollowed vase with engobe
Hagi Ware – Kaneta Masanao – Pounded, hand-hollowed vase with white glaze and kiln effects
Hagi Ware – Kaneta Masanao – Pounded, hand-hollowed vase with white glaze and kiln effects – Detail
Bizen Ware
Kyoto vicinity and Tamba – Okumura Hiromi – White glazed “vessel”
Kyoto vicinity and Tamba – Ichino Genwa – Platter with slip decor
Bizen Ware – Yamamoto Ryuichi – Vase with kiln effects
Kyoto vicinity and Tamba Ware – Ichino Masahiko – Vessel with .inear motif
Kutani and Kanazawa Ware – Ohi Toshio – Ceremonial vessel, Ohi glaze
Kutani and Kanazawa Ware – Ohi Toshio – Fresh-water jar, Ohi white Raku glaze
Kutani and Kanazawa Ware – Miyanishi Atsushi – Blue-glazed vase with wave motif
Kutani and Kanazawa Ware – Yoshida Yukio – Large bowl with overglaze enamel and gold decor
Seto and Mino Ware – Hori Toshiro – Iron-glazed jar
Seto and Mino Ware – Saki Hiroshi – Bluish Shino Jar
Seto and Mino Ware – Suzuki Satoru – Large Oribe Jar – Detail
Seto and Mino Ware – Suzuki Satoru – Large Oribe Jar
Seto and Mino Ware – Hori Toshiro – Iron glazed Jar
Seto and Mino Ware – Hori Toshiro – Iron glazed Jar – Detail
Seto and Mino Ware – Nagae Shigekazu – Glazed vessel built of thin layers
Seto and Mino Ware – Nagae Shigekazu – Glazed vessel built of thin layers – Detail
Seto and Mino Ware – Kurosawa Yuichi – Large Oribe bowl – Detail
Seto and Mino Ware – Ito Hidehito – Oribe bowl
Tokyo vicinity and Mashiko Ware – Hirose Yoshiyuki – “Soaring” large square plate with overglaze and enamel decor – Detail
Tokyo vicinity and Mashiko Ware – Nisaka Mitsukuni – Unglazed bowl with slip decor
Arita and Karatsu Ware – Inoue Yasunori – Bowl in overglaze enamels with carved decor
The installation runs through the end of January. A special reception featuring a gallery talk by Ohi Toshio, one of the artists included in the show, will be held from 5–7 p.m., Jan. 22., 2015. He is an eleventh generation Ohi Master.
Ohi Toshio has even given a Ted Talk
Chronological List of Masters |
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| Genenation | Master’s name | Other name | |
| First | Ohi-Chozaemon | Hodoan | 1630-1712 |
| Second | Ohi-Chozaemon | Hodoan | 1686-1747 |
| Third | Ohi-Chozaemon | Hodoan.Kanbei | 1728-1802 |
| Fourth | Ohi-Chozaemon | Doan.Kanbei | 1758-1839 |
| Fifth | Ohi-Chozaemon | Hodoan.Kanbei | 1799-1856 |
| Sixth | Ohi-Chozaemon | Sakutaro | 1828-1856 |
| Seventh | Ohi-Chozaemon | Michitada | 1833-1896 |
| Eighth | Ohi-Chozaemon | Yuigensai.Sosyun | 1851-1927 |
| Ninth | Ohi-Chozaemon | Todosai | 1901-1986 |
| Tenth | Ohi-Chozaemon | Toshiro | 1927- |
| Ohi-Toshio | 1958- | ||
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