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This listing is for a VERY SMALL Tanba-ware yunomi tea cup made around 20 years ago by noted potter, Ichino Toyoji.  It is wheel-thrown and coated in brown iron based glaze with a hint of rust.  This piece is made of high-fired stoneware and would be very suitable for drinking expensive brew like gyokuro tea.  The signature of the potter can be found on the bottom, and it comes with its original signed wooden storage box.  It also comes with a stamped yellow wrapping cloth for when the item is not in use, as well as a Japanese language profile paper about the potter.  **THIS CUP IS VERY SMALL, PLEASE CHECK THE MEASURMENTS CAREFULLY BEFORE ORDERING.  *PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CHASEN TEA WHISK IS NOT INCLUDED.

Ichino Toyoji (b.1947) is a Tanba-ware potter and current master of Shosan Gama.  He is the second son of noted potter Ichino Tanso, and fires in a noborigama climbing kiln.  In 1968 he began studying at one of the Ichino family kilns, and in 1972 his work was selected for the Hyogo Prefectural Fine Art Exhibition.  Also in 1972 he exhibited at the Tanba Fine Arts Exhibition, as well as the Hyogo Technical Fine Arts Exhibition.  In 1974 he became a member of the Art and Crafts Association, and he held his first solo exhibition in Osaka.  In 1977 he held a solo exhibition in Tokyo, and he exhibited at the Osaka Central Gallery the same year.  In 1978 he opened Shosan Gama, and he received the Encouragement Award at the Hyogo Geijitsu Culture Exhibition.  He was also sponsored by Kobe Shimbun Newspaper to exhibit at the Gendai Tanba Ceramics Exhibition.  In 1979 he taught pottery to members of the Osaka Prefectural Medical Association, as well as members of the Osaka Royal Hotel culture class.   In 1982 he participated in a 3-person exhibition in Kobe, and held a solo exhibition at Shinjuku Kakiden Gallery in Tokyo.  In 1984 he held a solo exhibition in Osaka sponsored by Mainichi Newspaper, and in 1986 he exhibited at the Kyoto Nomura Fine Arts Exhibition.  He participated in a 3-person exhibition in Osaka in 1987, and a solo exhibition in Nagoya.  He also exhibited at the Yamagata Modern Ceramics Exhibition the same year.  In 1991 he was invited to exhibit at the Okayama Bizen Ceramics Museum, and in 1992 he held a tea ceramics exhibition in Osaka.  He exhibited tea ceramics again in 1993 in Shinjuku, and in 1994 in Sendai.  **Fellow sellers, this information was researched by Kominka Zakka and CANNOT be used in your own listings.

Tanba-ware has been produced in the village of Tachikui in Hyogo prefecture for over 800 years. Pine wood is used in the firing process which gives pottery a distinctive ash glaze, although potters often use applied glazes as well for functional items such as jars, sake bottles, and chawan. The clay they use is high in iron content, and it’s made by blending two types together. Tanba Tachikui kilns are of an old style of Korean climbing kiln - half above and half below ground. The potter’s kicking wheel was also imported from Korea, and Tanba potters are well known for their unique technique of kicking the wheel in an anticlockwise direction.

Sizes

Box:  H.9.4cm (3.7”) x 8.5cm (3.3”) x 8.5cm (3.3”)

Cup:  H.6.2cm (2.4”) x Dia.6.2cm (2.4”)

Condition

It’s in very good condition with no chips or cracks.

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