Anagama: Mediæval Treasures in Japanese Museums

Mediæval Treasures

in Japanese museum collections

mu jin zo

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Suzu
(33.7 cm h. x 25.6 cm d.)
Kamakura Period (13th century)
Municipal Museum of Suzu Ware (Ishikawa)

'Suzu Tsubo' with freely incised comb-marks

'Shigaraki Ohtsubo' with an exceptionally beautiful wood-ash run

Shigaraki
(42.3 cm h. x 32.3 cm d.)
Muromachi Period (16th century)
Hakone Museum (Kanagawa)

Bizen
(110.0 cm h.approx.)
Muromachi Period (16th century)
Fujiwara Kei Memorial Museum (Okayama)

'Bizen Ohgame' with a thin slip brushed on

'EchizenSoujiko' (two lugs) survived a terrible accident in firing

Echizen
(42.0 cm h. x 37.5 cm d.)
Muromachi period (16th century)
Fukui Prefectual Pottery Museum (Fukui)

Bizen
(40.5 cm h. x 34.4 cm d.)
Muromachi Period (1480- date incised)
Hakone Museum (Kanagawa)

'Bizen Shijiko' (four lugs) with an inscribed date of its production

'Tanba Ohtsubo' with early Mediæval anagama-fired features

Tanba
(46.8 cm h. x 36.0 cm d.)
Kamakura Period (13th century)
Tanba Old Pottery Museum (Hyogo)

I saw all the pots on this page in Japan.
I would love to go back and say 'Hello again!' to each pot next time I visit the museums.