Mino-yaki, tenkaichi chikugogama, hand drawn, four cut peace structure, Oribe-ware. 美濃焼 天下一筑後窯 手描き 四ッ切合わせ 織部皿
Size: 6.5" x 6.5" x 1.5"
The beauty of Tojiki pottery creates natural yet elegant finish with use of special graze and technique. Mino-yaki is one of historical pottery in Japan over 1300 years old. In modern time, free-form, both bold and delicate rich color painting is the unique artistic style of Minoyaki.
Oribe ware (Oribe yaki) has started in the Momoyama period at Gifu Prefecture. Mainly Mino region has been produced the pottery . A type of Mino ware , basically made after Shino ware.
There are fifteen different traditionaly MINO-YAKI variations. The following four are the most popular ones among them. SHINO-YAKI: Painted by rich black or brown enamel and gives you a warm and natural impression. ORIBE-YAKI: Mostly uses dark green colors and are freer from traditional MINO-YAKI design. With its color and the shape, ORIBE-YAKI still looks frech and unique even among modern items. KISETO-YAKI: Uses light yellow enamel. With unique green paintings KISETO-YAKI gives you a refined impression. SETOKURO-YAKI: A black pottery. The glossy black color was realized by rapid cooking and baking.
