IN THE DETAILS

This clearly isn’t the best detail photo but for those who have never seen the iron surfaces of Tsukigata Nahiko I think this gives a hint of what is there. This detail is from an Oni-Shino chawan and shows the lively streaking that gravity has lent a hand in where there are areas of iridescence which is like silk cloth reflecting in the sunlight as it moves about in a breeze. I am not trying to be overly poetic or flowery in the description but these surfaces boil down to what is in the details, like building blocks they build the aesthetic wrapped around the skillfully crafted bones. At least from my viewpoint, it is an inescapable fact, each Tsukigata landscape presents a myriad of these details and paints imagery that is quite easy to get lost in and all that on just some little bowl.