Kato Sekishun (1870-1943) TATSUTANISHIKI glazed RAKU tea bowl #5136

Width: approx. 12cm (4 23⁄32in)
Height: approx. 7.5cm (2 61⁄64in)
Weight: 272g

Kato Sekishun (Hoyuken Sekishun 1870-1943)
Born 1870. A favorite of Itagaki Taisuke (famous as a leader of Movement for Liberty and People's Rights), he was given the title of Hoyuken. After opening a kiln for Nagono-yaki ware in 1914, he constructed the Kasumori Kiln, producing raku ware with a distinctive glaze known as "Tatsuta-nishiki". He died in 1943.