W.44.5cm H.200cm
This is a character for waterfall by ceramic artist Fujio Koyama. It is written in a flowing style with unique brush strokes. The tips of the scroll is celadon porcelain.
Fujio Koyama
1900 - 1975
Ceramic researcher and potter. A major scholar of Chinese ceramics. Born in Tamashima-cho, Asaguchi County, Okayama Prefecture (now Tamashima, Kurashiki City). Kozanko is the name he uses when making ceramics. In his research on ceramics, he established his reputation as a world-class ceramist by discovering the ruins of the Tei kiln, a famous kiln from the Northern Song period in China. Until his later years, he conducted empirical research on Oriental ceramics and wrote and contributed to many books on ancient ceramics. In his later years, he opened the Hananoki Kiln in Izumi-cho, Toki City, Gifu Prefecture, where he produced ceramics. As a potter, he produced a wide variety of works including tea utensils.
Shinichi Koyama
1939 - 2006
The eldest son of Fujio Koyama, he began his pottery career at the age of 25, and was passionate about researching glazes. He continued to research glaze formulations such as tenmoku (iron) glaze, kaki (persimmon) glaze, aoheki (blue-green) glaze, and benigete (red-haired) glaze, always striving for new beauty. His style varied widely, including hananoki (unglazed yakishime), benige (Dutch), gosu (Sometsuke), sansai, akae, oil drop, and persimmon glaze, each of which was used as a technique in his own medicine basket, and he produced a rich variety of works with a sense of the seasons.
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