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D 14.5cm H 28.5cm

This vase is a copy by Sadamitsu Sugimoto of the Important Cultural Property "Iga Vase," inscribed Karatachi (owned by Hatakeyama Memorial Museum of Fine Arts). There is an episode in which a fragment of the mouth rim chipped during firing adhered to the body of this Iga vase, which was likened to the thorns of a karatachi, and was used as the inscription. The body of the vase shows evidence of peeling during or after firing. One of the ears has a thorn. On the lid of the box, there is an inscription by Daitokuji Daiki Roshi (1899 - 2005): "Karatachi-utsushi hanaire by Shigaraki Sadamitsu. On the bottom of the box is the signature of Sugimoto Sadamitsu, "Shigaraki Hanaire by Teragaito.

Sadamitsu Sugimoto

1935 - 

Born in Tokyo, Sugimoto Sadamitsu built an anagama kiln in the mountains of Shigaraki in 1968; received instruction from Daitokuji Master Tachibana Daiki in 1974; exhibited in Shigaraki at the Kosetsu Museum of Art in 1998; first solo exhibition in the U.S. at the Rockefeller Center in New York in 1991; work acquired by Kitcho and Yuki Museum in Osaka in 1992; first solo exhibition in Germany at the Munich Gallery Fredhahn Studio in 1993; work acquired by the Yale University Art Museum in 1994; first solo exhibition in Japan at the Yale University Museum of Art in 2002; first solo exhibition in Germany at the Yale University Museum of Art in 1994. In 1994, his work was included in the collection of the Yale University Art Museum. 2002, he delivered a well-shaped tea bowl to Kenninji temple in Kyoto to commemorate his graduation. Since then, he has held various solo exhibitions.