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About japanesepots

I've been collecting Japanese Bonsai pots for a few years, and feel that the famous, and some of the lesser known but great Japanese pot artists could do with a little more writing and exposure in English. Additionally, this blog will feature My own And others bonsai for discussion. The purpose of this blog is to further knowledge of Japanese pottery and Japanese style bonsai. If you have any questions about Japanese bonsai pottery, or would like to acquire pots by some of the potters presented in the blog, feel free to email me at gastrognome@aol.com

Bonsai Pottery by Haruyoshi

In todays feature we’ll have a look at potter Haruyoshi.  One of the modern masters of painted porcelain pots, including sometsuke(cobalt blue underglaze), red underglaze, and five color styles of porcelain painting.  Along with Gekkou and Fujikake Yuzan, Haruyoshi is … Continue reading

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Bushuan Pots Part 2

Today’s post we’ll look at a few more pots from Shigeru Fukuda, aka Bushuan, the subject of our last post. In addition to the Bushuan from my collection on my “For Sale” page, all of the pots shown in today’s … Continue reading

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Pots by Shigeru Fukuda(Bushuan)

Today’s post is a selection of pots from contemporary potter Shigeru Fukuda, who makes pots under the trade name “Bushuan” or sometimes, “Fukumo”. A former professional motorcycle and automobile racer, Fukuda took up Bonsai as a hobby at 27, became … Continue reading

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Two Special Tofukuji Pots In Depth

For today’s post we will look at 2 Heian Tofukuji pots in the collection of bonsai artist and fellow American pot collector Matt Ouwinga. Matt has a great eye for pots and the most extensive collection of Tofukuji pots in … Continue reading

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Pots From My Collection 8(and 6)

Here are a few more pots from my collection that I thought were worthy of a few shots. As one of my readers pointed out, I completely skipped Collection Post 6 and went from 5 to 7. So this will … Continue reading

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Chop and Signature Resource

If you look at the top of the page here next to the “About” page you’ll see that the new “Chop and Signature Resource” page is now up. Either hover with your mouse over the chop image or click on … Continue reading

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Antique Chinese Pot

Here is another antique Chinese pot I picked up a while ago. I thought the recent information I found about it would be interesting. The pot was made well over 100 years ago, and is middle crossing. The clay is … Continue reading

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Glazed Pots by Heian Tofukuji 3

In this post I’d like to take a look at a few more glazed pots by Heian Tofukuji.  All of the pots featured in todays post are currently for sale.  Special thanks to Rie Aketo of Yoshoen and the Hukanos … Continue reading

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Gyouzan: Pots by Nakano Yuuji and Yukizou

Up for your consideration today is a selection of pots by Nakano Yukizou and his son, Nakano Yuuji, of the Gyouzan kiln. Pots by Yukizou are most commonly refered to as “Gyouzan”, while pots by Yuuji are, simply, “Yuuji”, although … Continue reading

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From my Collection 7

I am on a posting blitz today! Here are A few more pots from my collection I thought were worth sharing. One of the most popular painters of porcelain pots in the modern era, Yuzan’s talents as a potter are … Continue reading

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