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Hagi Katatsuki Chaire (萩肩衝茶入)
This is the Hagi ware crafted by TAMAMURA, Toyo (玉村登陽).
Firing in the climbing kiln.
It seems to be the shoulder kata in Japanese swelled horizontally and we call the shape katatsuki.
He used the clay called daido-tsuchi which is picked in the region of Yamaguchi prefecture.
There is lines on the trunk.
Height : 10.5 cm
Diameter : 7.0 cm
TAMAMURA was the maestro to make Hagi chawan. His achievements were so great that all expressions touched our hearts.