LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON

I just had this set of Iga chawan show up by father and son, master and pupil; Tanimoto Kosei and his son, Tanimoto Kei. The pair share a number of similarities like size,the fact they are wood fired and both feel very good in the hand where they differ is in both clay and posture. The chawan by Tanimoto Kosei, seen on the left is a brighter pot having been thrown out of a white stoneware clay with a defiantly wonky posture that begs to be picked up while the piece by Tanimoto Kei, on the right is thrown out of a coarser stoneware clay, has a darker complexion and a more formal stance. I am not sure that Tanimoto Kosei has received enough credit for his pioneering attempts to revitalize Igayaki in the pre and post-war years, having made pottery for decades, teaching a wide array of pupils who are now the protectors and innovators of the Iga tradition including his son, Kei. Though there are obvious difference between these two chawan, what does spring to mind is the age old axiom, "like father, like son".

You can see more photos of these two Tanimoto chawan over at my trocadero marketplace;
https://www.trocadero.com/stores/albedo3studio/items/1377031/PAIR-IGA-CHAWAN-BY-TANIMOTO-KOSEI-KEI