Direct,
quick and uncomplicated are a few good adjectives that could describe this
simple Oribe kogo made by Sawa Katsunori. Well schooled in the Shiaraki
tradition which he studied with his father, Sawa Kiyotsugu and that of the
various Mino traditions under the tutelage of Suzuki Goro, Katsunori moves
between the styles quite often and at times blending the traditions like in
this kogo that bares a style and crispness of a wood fired pot with the semi-transparency
of his Oribe. As I pointed out this is neither a complicated or fussed over
form which is to me the strong points of the piece, it is simplicity, antiquity
and intuition blended that has created this thoughtful and utilitarian object.
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