Looking
a bit like some dangling medieval emerald earring, this wonderfully placed drip
is frozen in the moment straddling the realm between beauty and just an Oribe
drip on a kiln shelf, I believe it chose wisely. Though not exactly a household
name outside of Japan, the maker of this vase and this Oribe earring is Sone Yoshiyuki
(b. 1951) of Toki in Gifu Prefecture where he grew up, studied pottery before
setting up his own studio, the Yoshiyama Kiln in 1973. Sone grew up and was heavily influenced by
many of the Mino traditional pottery styles and has a real penchant for Oribe
as you may gather from this detail shot of one of his Oribe hanaire though his
work is not entirely restricted to all things green. What I can say regarding
the two dozen or so pots that I have seen by him is that he is heavily
influenced by the archetypes and posturing of Momoyama Mino pottery but he has
managed to infuse his pottery with a rather unique and lively atmosphere that
is very much in the moment. Highly animated with well conceived glazing, his
pots, especially his vases are studies in motion and running colors that
capture one's attention and hold you fast to his marvelous greens painted on
his modern medieval forms. Though only a glimpse, a detail of this vase,
sometimes it is all of these wonderful details that keep a conversation going,
on and on and soon with a few minutes of time on my hands, I'll put together a
slideshow video of this vase.
"The distinctive colours of Oribe
are those fresh greens which emerge together from the land of spring. This is
what I strive to recreate. I am doing my best to capture the magnanimity of
Mino and with a contemporary feel." Sone Yoshiyuki, a quote from the
DIRECTORY OF THE MINO CERAMIC ART ASSOCIATION (1992)
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