Yamuchin Chawan | Vintage Japanesse Tsuboya pottery teabowl bowl #5102

Height: approx. 7.0 cm (2 3/4 in)

Caliber: approx. 13.0 cm (5 1/8 in)

Weight: 326g (w/ box  840g)

Kobashigawa Eisho
1877-1952
male
tsuboya pottery

Also known as Kobashigawa Nio. A potter from the Taisho-Showa era. For generations, the family was engaged in pottery at Tsuboya, a town of government kilns during the Ryukyu Kingdom era. He was the third generation branch of the Kobashigawa family line. He was excellent at glaze blending. Nio, Kinjo Jiro and Aragaki Eizaburo are affectionately known as the Tsuboya Three Men, as they brought public recognition to Okinawa's representative pottery, Tsuboya pottery.