This vase, glazed with geppaku (moon white), is decorated with the famous chatter marks that characterise Koishiwara ware. The marks are created by tobi-kanna (skipping Japanese-plane) by holding the plane against the clay as the piece turns on a potter's wheel.
Zenzo Fukushima is the 16th generation master of the Chigaiwa Kiln, a prestigious Koishiwara pottery kiln that has existed in Fukuoka Prefecture for o ...
