Shimizu Kôshô (1911-1999) and Matsubayashi Hôsai XIV (1921-2004) Asahiyaki Ezara, picture dish, BambooSigned: Kôshô Seals: Asahi Technique: Grey gohonde Asahiyaki Ø 31 x 5.2 Box: signed Condition: fine Box inscription: 繪皿朝日窯 心無禅。楽有好書 東大游叟公照 公照 「印」公照 Ezara Asahikama, Picture dish from the Asahi kiln - [sign:] Tôdaiyû sô Kôshô [seal:] Kôshô 14th generation Matsubayashi Hôsai (Yukoan), Asahiyaki 74th generation Asahi Hôsai. After he retired from the National Ceramics Testing Laboratory, he succeeded 14th generation of Asahiyaki kiln. In 1995, he was ordained at the Daitokuji Temple in Kyoto and was given the title "Yukoan" by Master Fukutomi Setsudae, head priest of the Daitokuji sect. Since the founder of the Asahi kiln, Tōsaku,the kiln has provided tea bowls treasured for preparing tea whipped tea to nobility, warrior rulers, and tea masters. Years after the death of tea master Kobori Enshu (1579-1647) the kiln became one od the Enshu's Seven Kilns a . Asahi ware has been in continuous production for over four hundred years, through sixteen generations of the Matsubayashi family Matsubayashi Hôsai XVI (..-..). The first Asahi ware kiln was built by Tōsaku between the shift from the Momoyama Period (c. 1585–1605) and the Edo Period (c. 1605–1867), by Tōsaku. Asahi potters only use clay from the Uji region, deposited by the Uji River. The mined clay is then left to age for over a century before it is used. Price: EUR 800 / USD 880 |