D:7.8cm H: 3.5cm
Fujio Koyama was a potter and a great scholar of Chinese ceramics. Kozanshi is his name as a potter. The name "Kawakujira" comes from the blackish color of the rim of the mouth, which resembles whale skin, and the whitish part below it, which resembles whale meat. From the box, we know that it was made in 1965 at the Nakazato Kiln in Karatsu.
Koyama Fujio 小山富士夫
1900 - 1975
He was a scholar of Japanese pottery and porcelain and Chinese ceramics. He was also a potter in his own right.In 1966, he built his kiln in Kamakura, restarted producing ceramics. In 1973, he moved to Toki, Gifu prefecture. Then he built ‘Hananoki Kiln’. He created a remarkable range of work using kilns in Kyoto, Shigaraki, Mino, Bizen, Hagi, Tobe, and Karatsu.
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