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Category Archives: My Personal Collection
New up on the For Sale page, 7/24
A few new pots on the for sale page, 1st generation Heian Kozan, Owari-yaki, Ino Shukuho.
Kutani Painters and Potters
So, I admit to a woeful ignorance of Kutani painters and potters. There are a few big names, like Kutani Chikusan, Kutani Shozan, and Kutani Yasokichi, that I recognize, but when a Kutani potter I’d never heard of popped up … Continue reading
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New on the For Sale Page, 7/14
New pots up on the For Sale page, 7/12! Some really cool stuff up, and I’ll be adding more later this week, so check back!
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Finally…Itou Gekkou
Itou Gekkou is one of my favorite painters, and these days he’s one of my favorite potters as well. Gekkou comes from a very long line of fantastic potters, of bonsai ware and other items, and I find the story … Continue reading
Kamiya Ryuen pots and process
When I first started researching pots, 3 or 4 years ago, before I even had a collection, I happened upon a website showing the process Kamiya Ryuen used to make his pots. I believe the website was “Ryuen.com” although I … Continue reading
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New Pots up For Sale
New pots up for sale on the “For Sale” page. I’ll be adding pots all week, so check back.
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Echizen Hosui
Echizen Hosui is relatively unknown potter here in the west, and deserves more recognition. He is an excellent painter, and his glazed pots deserve mention as well. Born Zenzo Yoshida in 1936 in Fukui Prefecture, he began making Bonsai pottery … Continue reading
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Awesome Bushuan!
I managed to pick up this Bushuan, Shigeru Fukuda, yesterday, and wanted to share. At 9″, it is much larger than most of the other pots I’ve seen by him, and I think it could easily be considered some of … Continue reading
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5/3! New on The For Sale page!
New pots and trees up on the For Sale page! If you look at the Menu bar above this post, it’s up there. I’ll be adding them all week, so check back! Some of what’s up now: Bigei! Awesome Hosui! … Continue reading
Initial Styling of Two Shimpaku and a Maple
This past Sunday I drove up to Memphis with a backseat full of trees for a one on one day with artist Bjorn Bjorholm. Bjorn recently returned from Japan where he is at Fujikawa Kouka-en. If you haven’t checked out … Continue reading
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Japanese Bonsai Pots Blog 