Michitsugu Azan Kyoto Iro-e Tea Bowl with Chrysanthemums

A finely painted Kyo-yaki matcha bowl with chrysanthemums by Kyoto potter Michitsugu Azan, made for the autumn Choyo (chrysanthemum) festival season.

Michitsugu Azan was born in 1938 and works in Imagumano, Higashiyama, Kyoto. His grandfather was the Kutani master Ungai and his father the Kyoto artist Michitsugu Kansai, under whom he learned ceramics; he also studied Japanese painting with Ikeda Michio. That painter's training shows in his delicate, pictorial overglaze enamels, a hallmark of the Kyoto tea-ceramic tradition descending from Ninsei.

Details

• Artist: Michitsugu Azan (通次阿山), Kyoto
• Technique: iro-e overglaze enamels, chrysanthemum design
• Size: approx. 11.3 cm diameter × 9 cm high
• Box: wooden box
• Condition: new

Watch: overglaze gold painting on Kyo-yaki

A certified traditional craftsman of the Kyoto kiln Hashimoto Jogaku demonstrates overglaze gold painting on a matcha bowl, from the Kyoto no Arukikata channel. (A general craft video — not this piece or maker.)

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