CUT & DRY

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.