13.5 x 9.8 x 5.3 cm. Copyright Yorozuen

A pair of green glazed pots with blue highlights, two pots in which the later influence of Tofukuji on potters such as Aiba Kouichiro(Kouyo) and Ino Shukuho can clearly be seen.

15.8 x 10.8 x 3.5 cm. Copyright Yorozuen

A blue glazed rectangle with a similiar glaze to the round in the previous post. This pot simultaneously calls to my mind blue flames and running water in a spring brook, an interesting contradiction.

17.8 x 3.5 cm. Copyright Yorozuen

Copyright Yorozuen

An interesting multicolor glazed round with cut feet and a marvelous patina.

13.5 x 12.3 x 3.5 cm. Copyright Yorozuen

Copyright Yorozuen

A light blue green glazed oval pot with cut feet.

6.4 x 14.2 cm. Copyright Yorozuen

Copyright Yorozuen

A tall cascade style with Kiri Bako(kiri wood storage box).

11 x 6.6 cm. Copyright Yorozuen

Copyright Yorozuen

A multicolored glazed small round, resembling the multicolored glazed pots of contemporay potter Bunzan.

Copyright Yorozuen

A squat blue green glazed square with cut feet.  This is a body style of pot common to Tofukuji, often seen glazed with darker blues, the lighter blue green glaze here is a little less common.

14.2 x 10 x 4 cm. Copyright Yorozuen

Copyright Yorozuen

Another green glazed pot with silver and blue glazed highlights where Tofukuji’s influence on contemporary potter Ino Shukuho can clearly be seen, as in the next picture.

Ino Shukuhou Copyright Yorozuen

20.3 x 16 x 5 cm. Copyright Yorozuen

Copyright Yorozuen

A metallic grey green glazed oval with a marvelous patina.

18.4 x 14.6 x 5 cm Copyright Yorozuen

Copyright Yorozuen

A deep blue oval, with cloud feet.  This is the most common blue glaze seen in Tofukuji pots.  A marvelous deep indigo.

Hope you have enjoyed these first two posts dealing with the glazed pots of Tofukuji.  In the next post I’ll be showing off a few more pots from my own collection, then on to the unglazed pots and Hanko of Tofukuji.