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Category Archives: Pot Info, ID, Hanko, Books, ect.
Demystifying Tosuis
So here’s one long and complicated family lineage that many find confusing. The Tosui-Harumatsu line of the Seto region is one of the longest in the modern age of bonsai pottery, and both branches continue to see production today, in … Continue reading
A Forgery! (12/26 update!)
I first posted about a forged Tsukinowa Yusen I found for sale back in August. The bonsai pottery world is certainly not a safer place today! Today I saw this matched pair of “Yusens” for sale….what do you think of … Continue reading
New Pots Up 9/2, Blog Info
I posted up a few more pots and trees today on the “For Sale” page. But I do that all the time. Since I started this blog, just a few short months ago, I’ve gotten nearly 70,000 hits from you, … Continue reading
A Forgery!
Often I have friends who are searching for specific pots for specific trees, and also other friends who simply have me keep an eye out for big name potters’ work up for sale. When I find one of these big … Continue reading
Bijutsu Bonki!
I’ve been looking for this book set for over a year(at a reasonable price!) and this week the copies I picked up arrived. Published by the Nippon Bonsai Association in 1990 as a commemorative of an event, the two volume … Continue reading
New Links Page Up
I finally managed to begin posting links to sites that I frequent and recommend highly, you’ll find it at the top menu bar. It includes both western and eastern sites about bonsai, pottery, and general tree info. I still have … Continue reading
Next Book:The Hatanaka
I am about halfway through the Hatanaka pottery book, and posted the keys to the Japanese potters on the new page. If you have the book, it’s now a lot more useful! If you dont, get it! Hatanaka San was … Continue reading
Japanese Pottery Book Key
I’ve had the 5 easily acquired Japanese multiple potter books for quite awhile now, but other than as “pottery porn” their usefulness to some degree is negligible. I’m sure many others of you have these same books and would agree. … Continue reading
Takagi Collection Tofukuji
The following wonderful Heian Tofukuji pot was acquired by my friend and fellow collector Matt Ouwinga through Peter Warren at this years Kokufu-Ten exhibition. The pot itself is wonderful, rustic and large, clearly hand formed with great clay. I love … Continue reading
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
