Some time back, about 2 years or so, I posted up a
lid detail of an Iga mizusashi made by Imai Yasuhito. Quite recently I received
an email asking if I could post up a full picture of the mizusashi so I
searched through one of my storage devices and found this photo. I should say
that I did not take these photos, rather they were found floating about on the
web and I apologize to the owners of the images for using them but I though
this piece too nice not to share. Obviously the surface stands out as a pot
that was subjected to a wonderful firing and the form is one of these old forms
that many modern potters like Furutani Michio, Kanzaki Shiho (d. 2017),
Sugimoto Sadamitsu and numerous others have used as an inspiration. This
particular mizusashi has that perpetually wet appearance as if it is a pair of
stacked stones in a garden that are constantly watered to bring out the best of
the sculpture, an ash surface frozen by fire. I looked for other photos of this
piece and came up empty and hope this single image will fill in the blanks
where all the lid detail did was leave more questions than answers.
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