Japanese Maruta Masami Blue Salt Glaze Sake Cup Guinomi Kuromuta Karatsu Japan
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Type: Sake Cup (Guinomi)
Material: Ceramic Pottery
Age: 20th C. (1900s)
Origin/Maker: Marked Maruta Masami (丸田正美, 1925 - 1979), a student of Hamada Shoji, he developed Kuromuta yaki style which blended Karatsu style together with Hamada Shoji's Mashiko style.
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Born in Kuromuta, Takeo City, Saga Prefecture, he grew up in familiarity with pottery from an early age. After graduating from the Ceramics Department of Arita Technical High School, he became a disciple of Hamada Shoji of Mashiko, and after that he continued to practice at Mashiko, Hagi, and Tobe. He established the unique Karatsu ware that incorporates the advantages of various kilns, and built a kiln in Kuromuta in 1962.
From then on, he was selected as one of the leading artists of Kyushu folk art, and won many prizes at the Kyushu Ceramics Exhibition, Japanese Traditional Crafts Exhibition and Japanese Crafts Exhibition.
Size: 2 1/2" tall (6.35 cm)
Weight: 4.9 oz (138 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Previous: Private Collection
Collected: Antique store Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, 15 APR 2024
Condition: Item is used in good condition commensurate with age, see photos. No cracks or chips. Some light surface wear.
Subject: Blue salt glaze
Location:
Japanese Maruta Masami Blue Salt Glaze Sake Cup Guinomi Kuromuta Karatsu Japan
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See also:
Type: Sake Cup (Guinomi)
Material: Ceramic Pottery
Age: 20th C. (1900s)
Origin/Maker: Marked Maruta Masami (丸田正美, 1925 - 1979), a student of Hamada Shoji, he developed Kuromuta yaki style which blended Karatsu style together with Hamada Shoji's Mashiko style.
(japanese-ceramics.com/maruta-masami-%E4%B8%B8%E7%94%B0%E6%AD%A3%E7%BE%8E/)
Born in Kuromuta, Takeo City, Saga Prefecture, he grew up in familiarity with pottery from an early age. After graduating from the Ceramics Department of Arita Technical High School, he became a disciple of Hamada Shoji of Mashiko, and after that he continued to practice at Mashiko, Hagi, and Tobe. He established the unique Karatsu ware that incorporates the advantages of various kilns, and built a kiln in Kuromuta in 1962.
From then on, he was selected as one of the leading artists of Kyushu folk art, and won many prizes at the Kyushu Ceramics Exhibition, Japanese Traditional Crafts Exhibition and Japanese Crafts Exhibition.
Size: 2 1/2" tall (6.35 cm)
Weight: 4.9 oz (138 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Previous: Private Collection
Collected: Antique store Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, 15 APR 2024
Condition: Item is used in good condition commensurate with age, see photos. No cracks or chips. Some light surface wear.
Subject: Blue salt glaze
Location:
Japanese Maruta Masami Blue Salt Glaze Sake Cup Guinomi Kuromuta Karatsu Japan