Tatsuzo Shimaoka Teapot With Signed Box

Description

A lovely Shimaoka Tatsuzo (1919-2007) teapot with Hakeme brushwork that comes out of the utilitarian tradition of 'yo no bi', … more A lovely Shimaoka Tatsuzo (1919-2007) teapot with Hakeme brushwork that comes out of the utilitarian tradition of 'yo no bi', the beauty of use.
Stamped and signed box
Good condition
10 1/4 x 10 x 7”

Tatsuzo Shimaoka lived and worked in Mashiko, Japan, a town renowned for its pottery traditions. Shimaoka studied pottery at the Tokyo Institute of Technology and then apprenticed under Shoji Hamada (1894-1978) before establishing his own kiln and complex in Mashiko in 1953. less