Japanese Mingei Pottery Vase by Sakuma Totaro

A Japanese Mashiko Mingei studio Pottery vase, Sakuma Totaro…
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A Japanese Mashiko Mingei studio Pottery vase, Sakuma Totaro (1900-1976), Showa period (1926-1989), circa 1950S, a generously potted stoneware vase featuring an ame-yu (caramel) glaze ground with tetsu-yu (iron) and kaki-yu (persimmon) gestural designs reminiscent of abstracted bamboo foliage and fences, with a cream coloured glaze to the neck and mouth., 25 cm high, 18 cm diameter, other notes: Sakuma Totaro was from an old lineage of potters in Mashiko. He was the first of the Mashiko potters to befriend master of mingei pottery Hamada Shoji when he came to Mashiko in 1924, and Hamada subsequently stayed and worked with Sakuma, Sakuma becoming his student of Mingei. Ultimately through Hamada, Sakuma also became aquainted with Bernard Leach of St Ives, and Kawai Kanjiro.

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