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| Tea cups with hanshi technique |
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| Matsubayashi Hosai 14th (1921-2004) |
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Asahi MARK |
You are invited to come along with me as I learn about Japanese ceramics. I will share what I learn about the kilns, history, terminology, potters, decorators, styles, and marks. This is a work in progress. ** NOTICE: I DO NOT ANSWER QUERIES ON PERSONAL PIECES. I DO NOT GIVE VALUATIONS. General comments and questions will still be accepted.
Saturday, May 21, 2011
ASAHI YAKI (朝日焼き)-Ceramics of Kyoto Prefecture
Asahi yaki is one of the seven kinds of pottery favored by the great Kobori Enshu, tea master, architect and garden designer.
It is Kyoto based (Uji city, famous for green tea) but does not fit into the Kyoyaki or Kiyomizuyaki catagory. It is a style of its own. When I visited the shop they explained that the clay being used to make pottery right now is a generation old and the clay they are getting now will be used by the grand children! The main techniques are Gohon or Gohonde, Kase and Hanshi. Link: http://asahiyaki.com/e/
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