I was given this old bowl when I was helping clear out our church kitchen cupboards in Kobe over twenty years ago. It is a large bowl. It has seen better days and I wish I had repaired it better when damaged a decade ago. It is signed Kyosen, which is a famous kiln in Kyoto. It also has a "Kenzan" mark in its decoration. The style is in a Kenzan style which many potters try to emulate.
GYOUZAN
KANZAN DENSHICHI (幹山伝七)
Born in Seto, Owari district in 1821, moved to Kyoto and established his factory. He died in 1890.
Signed many of his works as Kanzan Sei Sei 幹山精製
OKAMOTO TAMEJI (岡本為治)
This is a small plate,12cm in diameter. It looks quite new but it has the mark of Okamoto Tameji who died in 1958.
NISHIMURA TOKUSEN (西村徳泉)
Nishimura Tokusen is a very famous potter in Kyoto. There are many generations of Tokusen. I am not sure which one this is from.
ROKUBEI GAMA
Tea set from Unrakugama |
Unrakugama Link: http://unrakugama.com/ |
Update: Sept 2011
I spent the afternoon in Kiyomizuyaki Danshi (a Pottery Village) in Kyoto. I spent quite a while at Unrakugama and learned a lot from the wife of the master potter there. The works there are amazing! She let me take a couple of pictures while browsing.
Unrakugama |
This is a covered dish with tassel I bought from Unrakugama |
Unrakugama MARK 雲楽窯 |
New additions to my Unrakugama collection! |
Tozan-gama MARK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KAGETSU-GAMA |
Mishima style Kiyomizyyaki meoto yunomi |
Kiyomizuyaki meoto yunomi "Kagetsu" MARK ************************************************************************* |
Kyoyaki Tea Bowl by Seian Suzuki |
Seian MARK 清安 |
Kyoyaki Tea Bowl |
Rakuzan MARK 楽山 ******************************************** MIURA CHIKUSEN Guinomi (sake cup) by CHIKUSEN TANZAN-GAMA 丹山窯 (Uji/Kyoto) |
This Guinomi was made by Kotogei Katsuyoshi. He was born in Himeji in Showa 21 (1947) He studied under Living National Treasure for Mashiko, Shimaoka Tatsuzo and his uncle Miyagawa Kasai (Makuzu Yaki). He established his kiln Tanzan-Gama in Uji, Kyoto in Showa 49 (1975).
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Shunzan *************************** |
KAWASHIMA KOZO
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