TSUKIMI

I have written about Kakutani Hideaki in a prior post which gives the briefest glimpse in to this seiji and porcelain specialist. Residing and working in Nabari-shi, Mie Pref. There are some tell tale signs of both his teacers, Kondo Yuzo and Kiyomizu Rokubei VI but if you have seen enough of Kakutani's work, it is clear that he speaks with his own precise voice. There is a wonderful balance of perfection and clarity in his pots and this large celadon platter is certainly no exception, wonderfully thrown, tooled, decorated and glazed it is not that virtuosity that one admires but rather the lyrical, poetic nature of the incised and sculpted flowers that linger across the pale blue canvas as if peering through a moon viewing window interrupted by a solitary lotus tree branch.. Elements of Nihonga and Rimpa painting meet on this porcelain backdrop where decoration captures the very essence of the subject.  

I put together this very short video slideshow that hopefully hint at what is I think far more apparent in person than in the photo. As for the photos in this slideshow, roughly the first half is taken using an artificial light source which shows off what I think of as the actual coloration of the piece, the next group, the detail shots are using no light other than ambient room light. I thought that though the color is a bit inaccurate this shows off the details of the carving and sculptured overlay reasonably well. 

https://albedo3studio.blogspot.com/2017/02/sounds-simple-enough-on-paper.html