京焼 (Kyō-yaki) dates from the 5th century...
The 五条坂 (Gojōzaka) district of 京都 (Kyōto) near 清水寺 (Kiyomizu-dera) has a large ceramic market with around 400 shops, one of the largest in the country. One of the more popular styles of Kyō ware features a distinctive design and flamboyant colouring. I lo...
Toshiko Takaezu (1922 – 2011) has her own Wikipedia Page...
... she was an American ceramic artist, painter, sculptor, and educator who was known for her rounded, closed forms that viewed ceramics as a fine art and more than a functional vessel. She is of Japanese descent and from Pepeʻekeo (Pepeeko) on the Island...
The crazing and the colour matches some of my Korean pottery
collecting is a never ending hobby... Casey .
Thank you for sharing this beautiful work...
I did not know that there are lovers of Japanese ceramics here! I have a small collection of chawan, which I collected over many trips to Japan. But of all of them, I regularly use this Karatsu tea bowl by Rui Mito-san practicing in the Saga Prefecture. E...
