Yoshitaka Hasu Handled Vessel. Excellent condition with original signed wooden box (tomobako). Approximately 9 x 9 x 4.5 inches.
Biography from the Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA):
Yoshitaka Hasu turned his attention to ceramics in his mid-twenties, and in 1975 began an apprenticeship under Ban’ura Shiro (1941–2001), an acclaimed maker of Iga ware tea utensils. After finishing his training, Hasu established his own kiln in Iga, a center of ceramic production since the ninth century, in what is today northwestern Mie Prefecture. Hasu uses only clay from the Iga area, prized for its many particles of feldspar and quartz that result in a dramatic pocked surface enhanced by vitreous natural ash glazes.
Public collections:
Minneapolis Institute of Art
etc.