It's yet another dreary
Monday here and what is called for is whimsy to liven things up just a bit.
Illustrated is an Oh-Ribe kamo-tokkuri with incised decoration that has its
most immediate influences in my stay with Kohyama Yasuhisa but the style goes
back to the beginning of the 19th century if not earlier. These make for a good
deal of fun, as there is a nearly infinite variety of ways to build them,
thrown them or what have you to get interesting forms but one characteristic
that most possess is the unmistakable "glug-glug" sound as they pour.
The sound is made as the liquid is replaced by air as it bounces off the top of
the main reservoir. All in all, fun to make and even more fun to use.
What is better for a Monday
than a sure fire test of one's inductive reasoning. Always remember; "If it looks like a duck, swims like a
duck and quacks like a duck, then it is likely a duck."
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