Illustrated
is a knob, sitting pretty on top of a mizusashi by veteran Iga potter, Imai
Yasuhito (B.1937). Featured in the GENDAI CHATO TAIKAN among a wide array of
other books and catalogues, Imai founded and works at his Renzan-gama studio
making classic and traditional Iga pottery which has a very feudal feel to his
work. This simple and well fired pot has a knob that speaks of function while
being classically dressed as a result of an exceptional firing. I have seen a
number of Imai Yasuhito's pottery and each is a blend of medieval archetype
with a modern sensibility and a very idiosyncratic firing. I can't say you get
the full story from a picture of a lid and it's knob but after all, a picture is
worth a thousand words.
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