Kohiki sencha-yunomi té taza, hecho un mano by Toida Takatsugu (筧田孝嗣) en Jintsū-kama en Toyama Prefecture, Japan. Signed paulonia tomobako y printed tōreki (artist biography card) included. Likely produced en el late 1980s — vintage, not antiguo.
What este es
Un pequeño cylindrical té taza en el kohiki (粉引) tradition: un coat de blanco slip applied sobre hierro-rich rojo clay, then sealed bajo un suave, slightly crackled transparent vidriado. Where el slip thins, el dark clay shows through en muted azul-grey y cálido earth tones. The sin vidriar foot reveals el raw rojo body — el signature kohiki "reveal".
En 7.3 cm alto × 5.2 cm en el mouth (aproximadamente 120 mL), este es un sencha-yunomi — sized para premium verde teas (sencha, gyokuro, hojicha) where un pequeño portion es part de el brewing ritual, not un casual everyday grande pour.
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Form: sencha-yunomi (pequeño yunomi, premium-té size)
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Technique: kohiki (blanco slip en gres) — uno de el artist's tres documentado specialties (粉引・灰釉・柿釉)
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Era: Showa late period, c. late 1980s (tōreki dated through 昭和63 / 1988)
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Hecho by Toida Takatsugu / Jintsū-kama en Toyama Prefecture, Japan, seleccionado by ZenKiln
What makes este pieza notable
Toida Takatsugu (b. 1943, Toyama-shi Tsukahara) trained bajo dos influential figures en postwar cerámica japonesa:
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Yoshida Kōzō (art critic) — pottery instruction desde 1970
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Shimizu Uichi — pottery instruction desde 1978 en Kioto. Shimizu Uichi fue designated un Living National Treasure (Ningen Kokuhō) para hierro-vidriado gres en 1985.
Seleccionado highlights desde his recorded chronology (source: tōreki):
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1980 — first selection, Japan Tradicional Crafts Exhibition; consecutively seleccionado 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983
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1980 — full member, Japan Kogei Association
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1981 — Mainichi Newspaper Award, 6th Japan Cerámica Art Exhibition; grande kohiki y ash-vidriado vessels acquired by Toyama Prefecture y Toyama City Local History Museum
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1984 — Toyama Prefecture presented his grande cerámica vessel un former US President Jimmy Carter
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1986 — grande vessel presented un Prince Takamado; ash-vidriado y kohiki recipientes para flores presented un el Brazilian y Canadian ambassadors
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1988 — piezas presented un four Imperial households (Takamatsu, Hitachi, Mikasa, Takamado)
The pieza you receive es signed en tres points: el tomobako lid calligraphy "粉引 湯くみ 孝嗣" con rojo seal, el printed tōreki card, y el artist's rojo square stamp en el box. Tres-point provenance closure.
Dimensions (este exact hecho un mano pieza, measured)
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Altura: 7.3 cm (2.9")
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Mouth diámetro: 5.2 cm (2.0") external
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Foot diámetro: 4.5 cm (1.8")
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Capacidad: aproximadamente 120 mL (≈ 4 fl oz) when filled un ~1 cm below el rim — sencha-yunomi class, sized para premium verde té
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Tomobako (signed paulonia kiribako): 10.4 × 7.4 cm (4.1" × 2.9")
Porque cada pieza es hecho un mano, dimensions vary slightly entre examples en el same artist's line. The numbers above son este exact pieza, measured.
How un uso / who it's para
- Premium verde té (sencha, gyokuro, hojicha) where pequeño portions son part de el ritual — el slip surface deepens con uso (yō-no-bi: beauty grown through uso)
- Un té-ceremony chair-meeting (椅子点前) accent pieza
- Un collector's reference example de post-1970s kohiki by un documentado Japan Kogei Association member
- Un father's día o retirement regalo para un té persona, art-pottery collector, o anyone con un Shimizu Uichi / Living National Treasure interest
Condition
Excellent vintage condition. The fine hierro freckles, slip drip patterns, suave-grey transitions, y sin vidriar foot reveal son todos intentional features de kohiki — not flaws. No chips, no hairlines visible. Buyer es encouraged un read el supplied photographs carefully — what looks like un "spot" es almost certainly un fired hierro point, which es el technique working as intended.
Care
- Hand-lavar con cálido water y un suave cloth. Evitar abrasive sponges.
- Microwave / dishwasher safety not certified by el artist; we recommend hand-lavar only para any signed studio pieza de este age.
- If el slip absorbs té sobre años, que es normal y considered desirable en kohiki — it es el taza's record de being used.
What you receive
- 1 × kohiki sencha-yunomi (el taza)
- 1 × signed paulonia tomobako (kiribako) con brush calligraphy + rojo seal
- 1 × printed tōreki (artist biography card)
- ZenKiln care card
Sobre ZenKiln
Un Japan-based curator connecting international collectors con Japan's artisan cerámica tradition. We work closely con el kilns, workshops, y makers featured en our tienda — cada uno disclosed en our Sobre section — y hand-pack cada pieza en Japan para safe delivery worldwide.
Shipping
Envío desde Japón within 1–3 días hábiles, hand-embalado con el original tomobako. International tracking included. Buyers outside Japan son responsible para any local customs duties.
