WHISKEY, NEAT

Quite a while back I posted up a picture and Youtube video of a rather nice Kojima Kenji Iga tokkuri and as luck would have it, another found its way here. It would seem as reticent as I am about collecting tokkuri and guinomi they just seem to make the journey to Central NY to unite with kindred spirits. This Iga tokkuri is different than the previous having a rather brighter surface which has a nice pale green ash surrounding the surface and gem like drips of bidoro where the pot was fired on its side from the thick opaque drip at the lip to the two about to meet like good old friends at the center of the piece. The tokkuri feels nice in the hand and is quite easy to use and the posture adds a bit of amused bravado to the pot inquiring after the users intentions. Now that these two Kojima Kenji tokkuri have met up I think that it may be destiny to find a few more guinomi to go with them for use most likely with whiskey rather than sake but I am willing to bet the potter wouldn't mind for what they are used but rather that they are used and enjoyed.