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This listing is for an oribe glaze Kasama-ware yunomi made around 5 years ago by Kazawa Hiromasa.  It is hand-turned and decorated with green oribe glaze and iron brush markings.  The exterior features bold facets and the interior is coated in thick green copper glaze.  This piece is ample in size, and has a wonderfully organic appearance.  Kazawa prefers to leave his work unsigned like a lot of Mashiko potters, thus joining the ranks of the ‘unknown craftsmen’.  Sorry but no box for this one as it was purchased some years ago at a pottery fair in Kasama.

Kazawa Hiromasa (b.1966) was born in Saitama Prefecture and studied pottery at Bunka Gakuin in Tokyo.  From 1996-1998 he studied about kiln making and firing in Ibaraki.  In 1999 he started studying under a local Kasama-ware potter, and built his own kiln in 2000.  He held exhibitions in neighbouring Ibaraki in 2009, 2012, and 2013.  He is a member of the East Japan Arts and Craft Association, and a full time member of the Ibaraki branch of the Arts and Craft Association.  **Fellow sellers, this information was researched by Kominka Zakka and CANNOT be used in your own listings.

Kasama-ware refers to pottery made in Ibaraki Prefecture just north of Tokyo. It began in the 1700s during the Anei period when Hisano Hanemon from Hakoda town built a multi-chambered climbing kiln with a Shigaraki potter named Chouemon. Chouemon brought with him the technique of glost firing, and this led to the birth of Kasama ware. Kasama pieces are generally high-fired and made of stoneware clay containing high amounts of iron. Traditionally Kasama-ware was unglazed yakishime pottery, but these days Kasama-ware comes in many styles and features many types of glazes. 

Oribe-ware uses blue or green copper glazes and often features simple design motifs such as squares, rectangles, and circles. It takes its name from Furuta Oribe, a tea master and pupil of Sen Rikyu. For Japanese potters, it was the first use of colour in the glazing of stoneware, and at the time was said to have a very simple and modernistic look about it. These days Oribe-ware still enjoys much popularity, with plates, bowls, and cups commonly produced in and around the Seto area.

Size

H.7.5cm (2.9”) x Dia.9cm (3.5”)

Condition

It’s in mint condition and is completely unused.

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