新年最初の展示会は、華々しく現代作家18名の新作茶碗を発表させて戴きます。 唐津・志野・備前など当苑が推薦する現代作家作品の数々をご高覧くださいませ。 また、併せて物故巨匠作家の茶碗も展示いたします。

Although Japanese women were involved in the Japanese pottery industry for centuries, mainly as decorative artists with their tea wares or performing menial tasks, they were excluded from being in direct contact with the kilns or taking on apprenticeships. Postwar Japan saw more opportunities arise for women in advanced education and they began to enter university art schools and other training facilities both in Japan and overseas. They were exposed to a broader range of creative disciplines and artistic movements and successfully integrated this into their ceramic art and sculptures, while maintaining a connection to the subtle Japanese aesthetic. From

Tea Bowl by Otagaki Rengetsu Kogahara ochite kokemusu kusamura ni Kokoro nagaku mo sumeru tsuki kana [The inscribed poem winds around the bowl] Across the ancient fields Bunches of moss Mingle with...