Tojaku - Hayashi Tojaku (Tosuzume) 林陶雀
Deceased potter Tojaku was born in Kyoto in 1935 and was one of the pioneers of modern small pots that specialised in detailed carving and sculptures in relief in Kansai.
He mastered a variety of techniques and created unique, precisely made and more rustic pieces with character and interest for 40 years. The pieces I have come across have all been mame and shohin sized pots. Tojaku was also the teacher of the wonderful maker of shohin pots, Wajaku.
He mastered a variety of techniques and created unique, precisely made and more rustic pieces with character and interest for 40 years. The pieces I have come across have all been mame and shohin sized pots. Tojaku was also the teacher of the wonderful maker of shohin pots, Wajaku.
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Even if you know the Kanji for a potter's name, they can be hard to identify in their various fonts or calligraphic styles.
Here are the Kanji representing Tojaku's name and 3 of his stamps: |
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林 はやし Hayashi Woods
陶 とう Tou Pottery 雀 スズメ Suzume Sparrow |
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Carved Pots by Tojaku. ... Please click here for Tojaku; unglazed pots.
D1249A drum style pot with small rivets on the basal and rim banding, and an intricately detailed dragon in relief between. The pot sits on 3 cloud like feet.
6.2cm |
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D1139A small oval with a running black glaze dripping over the rim, that highlights beautifully the iron brown base glaze beneath.
To one side is a subtle frog in relief with was sculpted and carved by hand, then glazed over. 7.4cm x 2.5cm |
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D2025With signed presentation box and cloth, a pair of drum style round bowls, with relief carvings of two different styles of dragon, but of equal intricacy and detail.
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