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

Jul 20th 19 2:45 am
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Re: Ode to the Kyusu
Hi Barry,BarryRah wrote: Hi, is there anyone their,
I feel like the Lone Ranger on here as anyone seen TONTO ?
George
You're not the only keeping an eye on here.
I suggest if anyone can show off a little of their Kyusu?
Joe
Re: Ode to the Kyusu
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

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
Re: Ode to the Kyusu
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.
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.
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Re: Ode to the Kyusu
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.You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.