Whale skin coffee bowl / Akiki Okishio (Kurashiki Minato Kiln)

This is an old cup and saucer by Aki Okishio, a representative of a folk kiln in Kurashiki, a city with a deep folk art history. This slightly small coffee cup stands out for its simple beauty, and is just the right size for a cup after a meal. Okishio's pottery, which he created for more than 50 years in the pursuit of beauty, still has many fans even decades after his death, and his pottery, full of healthy beauty, still remains beautiful. Okishio himself once said, "These days I think it's enough to start as a brother who makes tea bowls and end as an uncle who makes tea bowls." The pottery, which he created without making any claims to himself and simply thinking about the user, is truly folk art.

Size: <Cup> Φ80 *excluding handle h70 (mm) <Saucer> Φ153 h25(mm)

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Akiki Okishio Biography

Born in 1929 in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture

1948: Became an apprentice at Hashima Kiln (Torakichi Ogawara) in Hashima, Kurashiki City

1953: Trained under Yasuhiro Okuda in Tachikui, Hyogo Prefecture

1957: Became head of the craft department at Tobe Yukosha in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture

1960: Worked on the potter's wheel and plaster molds as an assistant to Takeuchi Seijiro at the Sakatsutsutsumitsumi Kiln in Sakatsu, Kurashiki City

1964: Learned the craft of polishing under Tsunezo Arao in Kyoto

1964: Opened Kurashiki Minato Kiln and became independent

1983 Left Sakatsu and moved to Ushimado, Oku-gun, Okayama Prefecture, where the Kanpu Haruki Kiln was relocated.

2002 Died