Vintage Bizen-ware Tanuki namahage lucky charm the Asahi Modern Ceramics Exhibition

the Asahi Modern Ceramics Exhibition (few times)

and in 1968 he won the Foreign Ministry Award at Nitten and they purchased his work

In 1990 he was appointed professor at the Tokyo University of Arts in 1990

Urushi products are not only beautiful but also strong

Vintage Bizen-ware Tanuki namahage lucky charm the Asahi Modern Ceramics Exhibition*SHIPPING OPTIONS VARY DEPENDING ON THE DESTINATION, PLEASE SCROLL TO THE END OF THIS LISTING FOR MORE DETAILS. This listing is for a small Bizen ware tanuki okimono made around 30 40 years ago. It is wood fired and the front features a sprinkling of pine fly ash over a high fired stoneware body. Traditionally tanuki were portrayed as sleek creatures much like kitsune, however these rotund types can be traced back to the latter part of the Edo Period.