YAKISHIME SHIGARAKI

Well fired yakishime Shigaraki chawan by Yoshisuji Keiji. This somewhat simple chawan, appearing almost as it came off the wheel has a wide array of glaze effects from a dry, dark ash to a coating of ice like, light green ash where the entire bowl is completely surround with the wood fired effect that you can see. The foot works well with the form, on the small side which I really like, creating a nice pedestal for the bowl which also provides some nice lift and creates a great shadow line as well.      

Yoshisuji Keiji (b.1952) lives and works in Shizuoka Pref. and apprenticed under the internationally recognized Shigaraki potter, Kohyama Yasuhisa. Making a wide variety of wood fired, yakishime pottery out of Shigaraki clay, Yoshisuji makes both functional and non-functional ceramics including some sculptural pieces which includes his well know and sought after “apple” and Buddha hand okimono. Though this chawan shows the distinct influences of his master, Yoshisuji works with his own forms and distinct firing style creating pieces that pay tribute not only to Kohyama but the wood fired tradition rooted in Shigaraki and now spread across much of Japan.

You can see this chawan over on my Trocadero marketplace;

https://www.trocadero.com/stores/albedo3studio/items/1505092/YAKISHIME-SHIGARAKI-CHAWAN-BY-YOSHISUGI-KEIJI