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Showa period
Living National Treasure
D11cm H25cm
There is an engraved inscription "ト" on the bottom. Toyo, a native of Okayama Prefecture, was the first Bizen potter to become a Living National Treasure. He succeeded in reviving Bizen ware, and is called the founder of the Bizen ware industry. He was friends with Kitaoji Rosanjin and Isamu Noguchi.
Toyo KANESHIGE
1896-1967
Born in Okayama Prefecture. He was the eldest son of the Kanashige family, one of the six famous Bizen ware families, and trained under his father, Baiyo, until around the age of 40, when he left the craftsmanship profession and switched to tea ceremony ware Bizen, modeled on Momoyama-era Bizen ware (Kobizen). In 1956, he was recognized as the holder of the Living National Treasure of Bizen ware.
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