KUTANI KINZAN SHUGU TOKKURI 朱地絵金彩　丸徳利

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All the items of this Shugu series are produced with particular focus on forms of wares, inviting a product designer Moritaka Yoshita. He had worked under Sori Yanagi for a long time and acquired the style to make a mock-up first and examine each form by hand. Talking with craftsmen patiently, we have approached an ideal form.  All the items of this Shugu series are produced with particular focus on forms of wares, inviting a product designer Moritaka Yoshita. He had worked under Sori Yanagi for a long time and acquired the style to make a mock-up first and examine each form by hand. Talking with craftsmen patiently, we have approached an ideal form. In addition, the study group of overglaze paintings was launched, and there craftsmen and a designer cooperated in cleaning up and organizing past works. Through these procedures, they changed opinions which techniques or expression should be succeeded. Then design of overglaze paintings was selected from various traditional techniques and designs.
These items have a strong air of Kutani-style; botanical series on vermillion red ground with a tere-pin (turpentine oil) tapping technique, which is rather rare recently, and kinmori series with gold painted convexly, which is one of characteristics of Kinzangama Kiln.

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Kinzan kiln is a pottery manufacturer located in Takado-cho, Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture, that specializes in overglaze painting of Kutani ware. Since the first generation Shosaku Yoshida opened here in 1906 (Meiji era 39), the kiln has been burning for about 110 years and has been producing pottery. Kutani ware, which developed as an official kiln for the Kaga domain in the 17th century, is characterized by its detailed and gorgeous painting, such as overglaze painting using five colors and gold brocade. During the Meiji period, it was widely exported overseas under the name "Japan Kutani", and its techniques and beauty of form have been highly praised around the world. Kinzan kiln has inherited the various techniques that Kutani has developed and is making use of them in its current pottery production. Kinzangama is particularly skilled in the technique of gold painting. Since the first generation, who was skilled in overglaze brocade, the company has been characterized by painting using gold. The third generation, Mito, has perfected the technique of "underglaze gold leaf" and has been recognized as a holder of the nationally designated important intangible cultural property (living national treasure). The fourth generation, Yukion Yoshida, continues to hone his skills while exploring new ways of expressing colored gold leaf that are in tune with the times.