Since I posted the Mukunoki
Eizo (Shunsui) henko up last week I though about putting up a piece that shows
the great diversity of the potter while high lighting his adherence to the
Kawai-mon and thought this temmoku and tessha tsubo would do the trick. Cutting
a rather robust and study form this tsubo has that classic Kawai school
presence, ruggedly thrown and with four purposeful attached lugs the rich
temmoku glaze is decorated and punctuated with splashes of an iron rich tessha
glaze harkening back to the works of Kawai Kanjiro. I really enjoy the folky
and utilitarian qualities of this pot which demands to be used and admired,
truly a blend of the Kawai and mingei aesthetics from foot to lip.
"The difference between
utility and utility plus beauty is the difference between telephone wires and
the spider web." Edwin Way Teale (1899-1980)
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