Ohi Choraku (1902-1991) Vintage tea bowl in ohi ware #4597 for sale

Up for sale is this "Ohi Choraku (1902-1991) Vintage tea bowl in ohi ware #4597" If you have any questions please contact us before buy it. No reserve.

- width: approx. 12cm (4 23⁄32in)

- height: approx. 8.5cm (3 11⁄32in)

- weight: 255g

Ohi Choraku
1902 – 1991
male

Graduated from Ishikawa Prefectural High School. Studied under Aoki Sotokichi. Received the name of Ohi when Ohi Chishin’s kiln was closed in 1924. Characteristic for incorporating white Maku-yu glaze and Sancai. Held private exhibitions at the Takashimaya in Osaka, the Odakyu in Tokyo, the Daiwa in Kanazawa, and other venues.

He is the eighth generation of the Ohi-ware Kiln, a major ceramic artist.

Ohi-ware is a type of pottery that is positioned as a side kiln of Raku ware.
The kiln was established in present-day Kanazawa by Ohi Chozaemon, the first generation of Ohi ware.
The most distinctive feature of Ohi pottery is its candy-colored glaze.

However, the main family line, consisting of direct descendants of Ohi Chozaemon.
However, the main family line of Ohi Chozaemon’s direct descendants was cut off by the seventh generation, Oho Michitada, at the beginning of the Meiji era (1868-1912).

After that, the children of Ohi Chozaemon’s descendants rebuilt the kiln and took the name of Ohi Chozaemon VIII.
In the Showa period (1926-1989), a direct descendant of Michitada VII rebuilt the kiln.
He, too, began to call himself the eighth generation of Ohi-yaki Honke Kiln.
The eighth generation of direct descendants is Ohi Choraku.

As a result of a court battle, Choraku was given the trade name of Ohi Chozaemon and assumed the name of Ohi Kanbee.

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