Vintage Bizen Matcha Tea Bowl, Japanese Matcha Tea Bowl, Bizen Ware, Shibuta Toshiaki, Kase Goma, Hidasuki, Ishihaze, Kutsuwa, Chawan,
Bizen ware is one of Japan’s well-known pottery traditions and originates from the former Bizen Province in present-day Okayama Prefecture.
Shibuta Toshiaki is a Bizen artist with a long exhibition history.
【Brief Biography】
1957 Born in Kobe City
1980 Graduated from Musashino Art University, Department of Industrial and Craft Design. Studied under Takatori Kanzan, a traditional craftsman of Bizen-yaki.
1983 Joined Bizen-yaki kiln, Bizen Toen.
1992 Started activities as a Bizen artist.
1989 Selected for the Issuikai Pottery Exhibition.
1990 Selected for the Issuikai Pottery Exhibition.
1991 Selected for the Issuikai Pottery Exhibition.
Won the Excellence Award at the “Tea Ceremony Form Exhibition” at Tanabe Art Museum. Selected for the Yakishime Pottery Public Exhibition.
1992 Won the Excellence Award at the “Tea Ceremony Form Exhibition” at Tanabe Art Museum.
Held a solo exhibition at Asuka Gallery (Asukagarou) in Okayama.
1993 Selected for the Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition.
Selected for the “Tea Ceremony Form Exhibition” at Tanabe Art Museum.
Selected for the Ceramic Biennale.
Held a solo exhibition at Asuka Gallery (Asukagarou) in Okayama.
1994 Selected for the “Tea Ceremony Form Exhibition” at Tanabe Art Museum.
Held a solo exhibition at Hiroshima Sogo.
1995 Selected for the “Tea Ceremony Form Exhibition” at Tanabe Art Museum.
Selected for the Ceramic Biennale.
Held a solo exhibition at Asuka Gallery (Asukagarou) in Okayama.
1996 Selected for the “Tea Ceremony Form Exhibition” at Tanabe Art Museum.
Held a solo exhibition at Hiroshima Sogo.
1997 Selected for the “Tea Ceremony Form Exhibition” at Tanabe Art Museum.
Selected for the Yakishime Pottery Public Exhibition.
Held a solo exhibition at Asuka Gallery (Asukagarou) in Okayama.
1998 Held a solo exhibition at Bizen Gallery Aoyama.
1999 Held a solo exhibition at Bizen-yaki Gallery Aoyama.
2000 Participated in the “Tea Ceremony – Contemporary Form Exhibition” at the Helsinki Art Museum in Finland.
Held a solo exhibition at Bizen Gallery Aoyama.
Held a solo exhibition at Niigata Eya.
2001 Held a solo exhibition at Bizen Gallery Aoyama.
Held a solo exhibition at Niigata Eya.
2002 Held a solo exhibition at Bizen Gallery Aoyama.
Held a two-person exhibition at Niigata Eya.
2003 Held a solo exhibition at Bizen Gallery Aoyama.
2004 Held a solo exhibition at Bizen Gallery Aoyama.
2007 Held a solo exhibition at Bizen Gallery Aoyama.
Held a three-person exhibition at Hiroshima Sogo.
2008 Held a Bizen-yaki 6-person Noborigama Exhibition at Bizen Toen Gallery (Bizen, Okayama).
2009 Held a solo exhibition at Bizen Gallery Aoyama.
2010 Held a solo exhibition at Niigata Eya.
Selected for the “Tea Ceremony Form Exhibition” at Tanabe Art Museum.
Held a solo exhibition at Bizen Gallery Aoyama.
Held an art program at Kakurinji Temple in Kakogawa, Hyogo.
2013 Built ANAGAMA DE BIZEN kiln in France.
Gave a lecture at Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris Maison du Japon in Paris.
Exhibited and lectured at the Adrian Dubouch National Ceramic Art Museum in Limoges, France.
Held a five-person exhibition at Galerie Hayasaki in Paris.
Held an art program at Kakurinji Temple in Kakogawa, Hyogo.
Held a report exhibition “ANAGAMA DE BIZEN” at Kake Art Museum in Kurashiki, Okayama.
2015 Participated in the Ceramics Symposium sponsored by the University of Nanterre and University of Lubonne, at the National Museum of Art History in France.
Held a five-person exhibition at Galerie Hayasaki in Paris.
2016 Held a solo exhibition at Uncle-Iwane Gallery in Okayama.
Invited to Paris Sevres ARTCERAM2.
Held “Bizen-yaki’s New Value Creation” at Meiji University Museum in Tokyo.
2018 Participated in Japonismes 2018 in Paris.
Held an exhibition at Galerie Hayasaki in Paris.
2019 Held a solo exhibition at Uncle-Iwane Gallery in Okayama.
Held a solo exhibition at the Taipei Pottery Art Museum.
【Solo Exhibitions】 Held annually at “MuGenAn Ginza” and “Bizen Gallery Aoyama”
【Group Exhibitions】 Mitsukoshi (Nihonbashi, Ginza), Sogo Hiroshima, Kake Museum of Art, etc.
【Membership】 Member of the Bizen-yaki Artists Group “Keramos”
【Studio】 Own Bizen-yaki Studio “Kunugi”
It comes with its Tomobako (original signed paulownia box), Tomonuno (original artist-stamped cloth), and artist-provided leaflets.
We received it from our friend’s mother in Kyoto.
It is an early work dating from 1998, when he held a solo exhibition at Bizen Gallery Aoyama.
We see no clear signs of use. There is light discoloration on the original box.
Measurement
Diameter: 11.5cm – 13.7cm / Approx. 4 17/32” – 5 25/64”
Height: 8cm / Approx. 3 5/32″
Thickness: 0.6cm / Approx. 0 15/64”
Weight: 446g
Age:1998
Material: Pottery
Color: Dark Brown, Burnt Umber, Raw Umber, Khaki, Buff, Biscuit, Dark Tan, Tan
Firing Effects: Kase Goma, Hidasuki
Surface Features: Stone Burst
Shape: Kutsuwa
Condition: Excellent vintage condition consistent with age. (Unused)
* Tomobako (original signed paulownia box)
* Artist-provided leaflets
* Tomonuno (original artist-stamped cloth)
* No chips, cracks, scratches, or blemishes.
* Inscription (Refer to No. 9 photo)
* Wooden nails on the box. (Refer to No. 10 photo)
* Wood sap inside the box. (Refer to No. 10 photo)
* Split on the bottom of the box. (Refer to No. 10 photo)
* Wood gap on the side of the box. (Refer to No. 10 photo)
* Light discoloration and scratches on the lid of the box due to long-term storage. (Refer to No. 10 photo)
* The kodai (foot ring at the base of the tea bowl) rests on surfaces, so minor contact marks may be present.
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