TSUBOYA YAKI (壺屋焼き), KOZA YAKI (胡差 焼), RYUKYU YAKI (琉球焼)-Ceramics of Okinawa Prefecture

Tsuboya-yaki is the traditional pottery of Okinawa. It is also refered to as Yachimun (やちむん). The most common motif is probably the carved fish.  A friend of mine gave me a lovely Dachi-bin with the popular fish design on it. Koza Yaki is made in Okinawa and is very similar. Depending on which town it is made in will determine what label is used.

　　　Kinjo Toshio 金城敏雄

younger  brother of LNT Kinjo Jiro.

https://archive.kinjotougei.com/

I recently (11/2022) visited Okinawa Yachimun dōri area. I got this wonderful piece by Kobashigawa Hiroshi (小橋川弘).

                                          https://tuboya.com/member/小橋川-弘/

  Here is a piece I bought at Nio Gama 

                                            https://tuboya.com/member/島袋-信子/

                                This shape of bottle is called Tonaki bin in Okinawa dialect

Suiteki-water dropper unsigned 

                                                            Small dachi bin/hip flask

Yunomi tea cup 

Sake cups (unmarked) 

mini pot

Aragaki Eiichi 新垣栄一

Aragaki Eisaburō

   Shisa, typical tourist ware from Okinawa

Small sake cup by the son of LNT Kinjo Jiro. His name is 金城敏昭, Kinjo Toshiaki.

 

                                      Unmarked ewers

                      This is a Koza Yaki (胡差焼) bottle

                           Koza Yaki Yunomi tea cup

Miyagi Sumiko, daughter of LNT Kinjō Jirō