This is Shimizu Genji-san, quite possibly my favorite man in all of Japan. At the very least he is by far my favorite artist in Tokoname. I am positively mad about this guy.
Over the last year I purchased his Yakishime Tetsuki Samashi and Kabuse Ushirode. I spent several months Googleing him in my desperate attempts to find more his work, but I was s.o.l. I even emailed Rishi and had a conversation with Sean O'leary about it, but his works were no where to be found on the web.
Until now.
(edit: look at this, I used noticed three times in two sentences. Would someone please hit me upside the head with a thesaurus).
I was browsing through the link I left in my last post, when I noticed a kyusu that I really liked. I took a closer look, and noticed how familiar the style was, then I noticed Shimizu-san's chop and rejoiced.
Here is a link to a larger gallery of his work: Shimizu Hokujo
In celebration of the opportunity to throw away more money on superfluous tea pots, I will get off of my ass tomorrow and finally right a review.
2 comments:
Absolutely gorgeous pots. I must stop clicking your links or my credit card will magically appear in my hands and then...
The Valley Girl Syndrome.
*shudder*
The link you mention has moved to here.
http://www.yamaderakk.co.jp/newhokujo.html
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