Ode to the Kyusu

[BarryRah]

Hi, is there anyone their,
I feel like the Lone Ranger on here as anyone seen TONTO ?
George

[TEAMOOD]

Hi, is there anyone their,
I feel like the Lone Ranger on here as anyone seen TONTO ?
George

Hi Barry,
You're not the only keeping an eye on here.
I suggest if anyone can show off a little of their Kyusu?

Joe

[Spanky]

Ok every1 we can sing the ode to the kyusu

Here i have one by shimizu ken. Sadly this artist recently died but he made very nice stuff from natural clays (sold through hojotea)



Bonus: Yamada Jozan III book

[sporad]

I am new around here, so I thought I'd revive this thread by introducing myself through a few of my lovelies, starting with yokode-no-kyusus.

I'll start with the first one I bought. Fetched it in Osaka. Echizen-yaki. Hatayama kiln. 120ml. Unfortunately it has a crack under the spout and it's on its way to a Kintsugi intervention:

Next is the one I am most attached to and use the most for sencha. A 120 ml Toknoname-yaki by Ito Seiji, alias Jinshu. Big fan.

The white shiboridashi is 50ml by Junzo Maekawa. Kenzan Kiln. It's my main gyokuro pot.

[sporad]

Another Jinshu. 300 ml. I love it, but t's large so it hasn't see much action. Yet.

Also large: a Susumu pot of 250ml made by Tatsuo Umehara at Hokuryu Kiln. The first one of the two unglazed red Tokoname clay pots I have that were masterfully fired to turn a deep and completely even black.

This acorn-shaped one was also made from Tokoname red clay by master Shoryu. It's 180 ml, so I use it when I brew sencha for two or three. From what I understand, to get this color, he fires his pieces a second time in reduction at a lower temperature and buried in rice husks which is what produces the smoke that turns them deep black.

[isabellamor]

I have always been a fan of this teapot, as they look unique.