Bizen, shino & other teaware appreciation anyone?

[hobin]

right, since the beginning tokoname potters used lots of different clays
here are three kamakura/ muromaki era tokoname bowls...

[Fuut]

But maybe someone can help identify the box and mark of my 2 bowls?:)

[Tead Off]

Fuut, you might try to ask Toru from Artistic Nippon if he's ever seen the seal before since he deals in Tokoname teaware.

[Fuut]

Good idea, i might just do that.

Anyone that can translate the boxes writing

Tsuzuki Hisashi (Tougen).

[Tead Off]

Upcoming Richard Milgrim exhibition in Tokyo. Phenomenal work.
Catalogue

[bintuborg]

When you are a shino potter by day, but death metal is still a part of your soul:

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Source.

[Drax]

Ha! Excellent!

[Fuut]

Unusual shino tea bowl by Masaru Kamei, one of my favorites.

[hobin]

Unusual shino tea bowl by Masaru Kamei, one of my favorites.

really strange glaze, half-way between nezumi shino and irabo

[debunix]

So interesting. It begs to be held and studied, while full of tea...

[Fuut]

I refuse to let this topic die. Too much jinxing for my taste and not enough yaki

Bizen chawan by Masashi Shibaoka. I have 3 Bizen chawan and this one is the most special in my opinion.

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[debunix]

I love the interior of that one.....

The veins of color at the bottom must be lovely viewed through ripples of tea.

[Tead Off]

I refuse to let this topic die. Too much jinxing for my taste and not enough yaki

Bizen chawan by Masashi Shibaoka. I have 3 Bizen chawan and this one is the most special in my opinion.

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Maybe you can tell us why you feel the way you do about this bowl?

[Tead Off]

I love the interior of that one.....

The veins of color at the bottom must be lovely viewed through ripples of tea.

Most people drink matcha from bowls like this. You can't see anything through the tea.

[Fuut]

Maybe you can tell us why you feel the way you do about this bowl?

Ah right. Apologies as i tend to be short (in writing not in photo's).

So like i said i have 3 Bizen chawan, but this on out of the three is most special, or unique or pleasant to the eyes. What speaks to me is that this bowl is a mix of Bizen aspects, from the blue smooth side to the rougher sides, even one part where you can see the path of the flames in a deeper purple hue (I'll see if i can get a decent photo of that in here), to the red straw marks on the interior, this speaks to me for its variety.

The size is like spot on for what i imagine a Bizen bowl to be like. The outside is polished, but personally i think this enhances the aesthetic appearance. The koudai for me finishes this off, being slightly off-center, leaning towards the (in my eyes), flawless signature