Lee Love ceramics

Lee Love was an apprentice for Tatsuzo Shimaoka a LNT of Japan. He makes wonderful ceramics in the mingei tradition. He lives in Minnesota which has a large ceramics community. His wife Jean Shannon is a Woodblock Artist and painter. They make a great creative team.

https://leelove.us/
https://store.northernclaycenter.org/ceramics/by-artist/lee-love/
http://www.minnesotamonthly.com/Calendar/index.php/name/MINGEI-INSPIRATIONS-Lee-Love-Pots-Jean-Shannon-Prints-Paintings/event/19171/

Fuchi-sabi or brown rim

Fuchi sabi is the brown glazed rim found on many styles 

Modern Kutani yunomi with fuchi sabi

Vintage inban choko with fuchi sabi

Modern Kenzan style bowl with fuchi sabi

Igezara with brown rim is quite common from Meiji and Taisho periods

Meiji period soba choko with fuchi sabi

Mikawachi Porcelain

When people think of Mikawachi and Hirado porcelain wares they generally think of  blue and white (sometsuke), however that is not always the case. in the late 19th century to around the turn of the century red was used on very thin porcelain wares. One characteristic of the Mikawachi red, white and blue style was a particular type of red scroll work around the blue and white cartouche, which usually was a mountain, water scene known as sansui, often with figures. Using just red and white with a red and white cartouche was also very common.
I find this type of ware is often labeled as Kutani on auction sites and have even seen it marked Kutani at established auction houses!

Meiji/Taisho Period Shark Skin tea sets (similar styles made in AIZU- HONGO, Fukushima, Shigaraki)

These prolific shark skin with raised enamel tea sets have been labeled as Banko ware, Aizu Hongo ware (see link below) and Shigaraki ware. I recently came upon a Japanese Pottery book with very similar ware from Shigaraki from the Meiji period labeled as Ichin Kake or inchin Yaki. See photo below. 

*Thanks to Tanii Hozan for doing some research for me on the Shigaraki shark skin ware. 

                                                      Made in Shigaraki

 

These are the common type ( from my collection) 

Made in Fukushima area

https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/hjccc/data/hjccc-89.html