MAGOKORODO arrived the new Ushinoto-Wear works to be sold in 2012.

Since the Ushinoto kiln fires works only once per year, we cannot do additional orders except the stock which the Ushinoto kiln has.

Since firing of next works is in about 12 months, please do not miss this chance. I will list works to Ebay one by one.

Thank you for always visiting MAGOKORODO.

Magokorodo.Co.Ltd.

Dear Customers

In MAGOKORODO, business stops for the New Year holidays from Japan Standard Time December 29 (Thursday), 2011 to January 5 (Thursday), 2012.
When e-mail and payment are received during a vacation, we resume a reply and shipment on January 6 (Friday), 2012.

Thank you for visiting MAGOKORODO.

ARIGATO GOZAIMASHITA 2011!
Wishing your health and happiness in 2012 from Japan.
Have a Wonderful holiday season.

MAGOKORODO.Co.Ltd.

The ceramist GINKO of Switzerland sent the photographs of a new work, and the photograph of beautiful flowers.

Beautiful green glass glaze is the fresh tone in which an Oribe ware is impressed.

Thank you for sending spring of Switzerland to us!

Please visit to

2011年3 月11 日に発生致しました東日本大地震で被災された皆様とそのご家族の方々に、心よりお見舞い申し上げます。

今回の災害に関して私たちは世界中の多くの方々から励ましのメールを頂いております。
メールを送って下さった方々の中には、日本を援助してくれている国々の方々も多くいらっしゃいました。
私は涙を流しながら、世界中から届く暖かいメールを読ませて頂きました。
海外の方々も親身になって日本をサポートしてくれようとしています。
微力ですが、私たちも自分たちに出来る形で復興へ向けて協力していきたいと思っています。

東北地方太平洋沖地震により亡くなられた方々へのご冥福をお祈り申し上げるとともに、被災された皆様やご家族に対しまして心よりお見舞い申し上げます。
一日も早い復旧をお祈りいたします。

We received mails and others of encouragement from many people in the world about this disaster.
There were also people of countries who are helping Japan in people to which e-mail was sent mostly.
I was allowed to read the warm mail which arrives from all over the world, shedding tears.
The countries in the world have dispatched assistance and a rescue unit to Japan.

We have big gratitude in the warmth in the world, and support.
It was destroyed many times until now, and Japan has repeated revival.

Receiving the warm support and encouragement out of the world, the Japanese will band together with your countries and we will revive them this time also.

We appreciate your warm worries.

ARIGATO GOZAIMASU

The beautiful photos which my French's friend sent to me

I have a good French's friends.

When they came to Japan last year, they visited MAGOKORODO and me.

They were very polite and were wonderful people who love Japanese culture.

Bizen ware, SHUNKO-ENN's cup

HAGI ware ,DEISHI's GOHONDE gl YUNOMI Teacup

HAGI ware,SEIGAN bule YUNOMI Teacup

Hagi ware, DEISHI's Chamfered cup

Daisen ware, Toshiyuki Suzuki, The bowl and plates of iron glaze

Hagi ware, SEIGAN's sea cucumber glaze cup

 KAZUWA Wear, Yoshiko Yamane's YUNOMI teacup

Hagi ware, SEIGAN's SINSEN-SEIJI glaze cup

Hagi ware, SEIGAN's sea cucumber glaze cup 

Hagi ware, SEIGAN blue glaze cup

 The shelves which he made from handmade, and his beautiful collections

His blog :La Voie du Thé

I do not notice that these photos were taken in France without explanation.

Very Japanese!

DOMO ARIGATO GZAIMASU for loving Japanese culture and art , My friend !!!

I am waiting for your next visit!

Magokorodo/Hidehisa

KONNICHIWA, Japanese-ceramics lovers

I visited his kiln of Saga Prefecture in Kyushu, in order to meet Ceramist TETSUAKI NAKAO this month.
His report will appear in a Magokorodo website by the end of this month.

GYOKU-HO kiln website URL (http://www.gingayu.com/index.php).

I introduce the Kintaikyo bridge and the Shuhodo cave in Yamaguchi Prefecture, before introducing his kiln.

Akiyoshidai is the largest karst plateau in Japan, and has been designated a quasi-national park and Special Natural Monument.

http://english.karusuto.com/

Many souvenir stores which sell ores, Hagi ware, etc. are located in a line with the entrance in Akiyoshido Cave.

Much nature is left behind here and water is very beautiful.

This is an entrance of a cave.
I was overwhelmed by natural power and beauty.

Kintaikyo bridge

The outline of a Kintaikyo bridge

One of the three Japan bridges a "Kintaikyo bridge"  A Kintaikyo bridge is a wooden bridge representing Japan.

In the feature, the 5 continuation curvature bridge of the unique figure which otherwise does not look at an example is specified as the scenic spot of the country in 1922.

Bridge length/(210m of distance along the surface) (distance in a straight line of 193.3m), They are 5m in width, and 6.64m in height of abutments of a bridge.

  History of a Kintaikyo bridge

First employer HIROIE KIKKAWA of the Iwakuni domain in Iwakuni built the Iwakuni castle in 1608 on the top of Yokoyama who is a ground of the natural fort besieged by the winding Nishiki-river.

Having arranged the residence and the upper samurai mansion at the foot, I put the middle class, a lower samurai's residence, and the man's in the street house on Nishikimi of the Nishiki-river opposite shore, and they formed the Iwakuni castle town.

Yokoyama and Nishikimi were separated by the Nishiki-river with a river width of about 200m, and the bridge was indispensable because of politics.

3rd employer and HIROYOSHI KIKKAWA decide to construct the bridge through which I do not flow into the Nishiki-river which is a flood river.

Then, he got the design for a Kintaikyo bridge for the figure which HIROYOSHI was describing at the Xi Hu sight-seeing magazine and which applies a stone bridge along an island to the hint.

And the Kintaikyo bridge which was an earnest wish of the Iwakuni domain was completed in October, 1673.

Although some bridges were spilt out by the flood next year, I strengthened pavement before the year end, and was rebuilt.

I was not spilt out although the repair and the construct substitute by superannuation were performed for 276 years since then repeatedly.

And while being constructed again, improvement piled up.

However, while many citizens watch, also regrettably, the Kintaikyo bridge has been lost by rise of water of the Nishiki-river by the Kezia typhoon in September, 1950.

Then, on the whole, Kibe's bruise came to be conspicuous, although rebuilt with civic zeal in January, 1953 about 50 years after.

Therefore, reconstruction construction was performed using the construction method which combines a traditional tree by the hand of the craftsman of Iwakuni which inherits tradition from the autumn of 2001.

Five curvature bridges adhered to the beauty of the arch, and were born again in March, 2004.
The structure of the curvature bridge serves as structure whose intensity increases further by the pressure from the bridge upper part by the technique which combines a strong tree.

It is estimated that the technology which constructs a bridge without a bridge pier for between 35m is perfect, in view of present-day bridge engineering, and while being surprised very much by front technical capabilities 300 years or more, I bear the sense of reverence.

If the back of a Kintaikyo bridge is looked up at from the dry river bed of the Nishiki-river, you can see dynamic structure beauty.  

Moreover, the abutments of a bridge which carried out the streamline shape to the stream have an effect which reduces the pressure of water, and the pavement with which the circumference of abutments of a bridge was covered has reinforced the root of abutments of a bridge.

The beautiful iris garden was located at the site of the castle near the Kintaikyo bridge.

Thank you for visiting MAGOKORODO Website.

Have a wonderful Teatime!!!

Hidehisa,Magokorodo.Co.Ltd.

KONNICHIWA,

Thank you for always visiting Website of MAGOKORODO!

Since the friend of Belgium sent fun pictures, I write about Bizen ware.

My friend sent the pictures of title "NEZUMI-BIZEN" to me.

NEZUMI is a "mouse" in Japanese.

The color which Japanese people usually imagine with a "mouse" is "gray."

"Gray" calls it "NEZUMI-IRO" in Japanese.

When "NEZUMI-BIZEN" written by my friend translates literally, it is "gray Bizen ware."

Although the work of a picture is not gray, they are "a mouse and Bizen ware."

 
His pet is "KAWAII"!

"NEZUMI" may be attached and expressed in the ceramics which changed into the non-oxygen state and were discolored bluish with Japanese pottery.

"NEZUMI-HAGI or AO-HAGI", "NEZUMI-SHINO or AO-SHINO", etc.

In the case of Bizen ware, "NEZUMI" does not use, but they are called "AO-BIZEN".

"AO" is "blue" in English.

There are two kinds of blue Bizen ware.

AO-BIZEN:

Ceramics will be in a strong reduction state, without fire touching directly, or the ceramics which became cooling reduction will become blue with the bright whole - blue - black.

This is called blue Bizen and these are especially treasured a few also in many colors.

Salt blue :

There are one more and salt blue in blue Bizen.

This is throwing in salt in kiln during firing, melts the surface by the alkali of salt and is made to color in blue by reduction.

These are kinds of salt glaze.

 
Since the surface is changed to glaze, unlike blue Bizen described previously, the surface is smooth.

In addition, a work can be put into the container called "MURO", non-oxygen can be made from the present age in a container in intentionally, and blue Bizen can be compulsorily made from it.

Black Bizen :

With black Bizen, the clay to which it colors black is applied to the ceramics surface, and it is made. Moreover, it is the Bizen ware which made and fired ceramics with the clay which becomes black. Black Bizen is called "INBE-TE" (INBE style).

* All the Bizen ware works currently sold in MAGOKORODO are fired with firewood, and the works which attached the pattern and the feature in intentionally are not sold.

 MAGOKORODO Ebay Store

I think that I would like to write next time about wonderful "water purification action" which Bizen ware has. 

ARIGATO GOZAIMASHITA for reading to the last!

Hidehisa/Magokorodo.Co.Ltd. 

KONNICHIWA!

Other day very beautiful pictures have been sent from my friend of Belgium, ceramist "ginkgo" of Switzerland.

WoW！

The SHINO glaze which she made is very beautiful!

 These glaze seems to be a crystal!
DOMO ARIGATO GOZAIMASHITA, Ginkgo!

Although it is very beautiful there, it seems to be very cold in Belgium.
 -9 degrees!  

SEIGAN-SANSAI CHAWAN is very beautiful!

ARIGATO GOZAIMASHITA!!! 

The friend of Belgium!  

KONNICHIWA!!!

I am HIDE of MAGOKORODO.

I am sorry that renewal of a blog is long overdue.

MAGOKORODO did the move of the office in September.

Although the move was ended with no problems later than the schedule, the work stopped between moves had accumulated.

Therefore, I did not have time at leisure at all. While the blog had stopped, I apologize from the bottom of my heart to all the people who visited MAGOKORODO Website.

I received ceramics work collection pictures from my important customer who lives in Belgium!

If these pictures in which works are actually carefully treated like are seen, ceramists and we will be very glad and will be impressed.

ARIGATO GOZAIMASU!!!!

He has almost all ceramists' works currently sold at my store!

ARIGATO GOZAIMASU agin!!!!

These works are TEBINERI ICHIRIN-ZASHI (bud vase pinch-work works) of a KAZUWA ware. 

These are the wood-block prints and white porcelain Teabowls of YUASA HIROSHI. WOOOOW!!!

This view is a view we have got it used to seeing at the home in Japan.

But this place is Belgium!

Thank you for loving Japanese culture!

Can you see those KANNYUU (tea incrustation sedimentary intrusion) which permeated the surface of these works ?

Appearance is gradually changed by using for the glaze surface fine cracks and the works which have a crevice in the ground for a long time.

Especially Hagi ware takes out effect nicer as it uses.

ARIGATO GOZAIMASHITA for great pictures!!! my friend of Belgium!

The 26th Tanabe art museum grand-prix "modeling exhibition of the tea ceremony" was held from April 25 to June 7 in the Tanabe art museum in Matsue.

The whereabouts of the Tanabe art museum is carried out to the side of the Matsue castle of Matsue-shi, Shimane.

 "The modeling exhibition of the tea ceremony" was called gateway to a ceramist, and there was an application of 460 works this time from 293 persons of Chugoku district each prefecture, Shikoku district each prefecture, and Hyogo Prefecture.

I looked at winning work article 72 works this time.
60 percent of works were Bizen ware.

To an every year "modeling exhibition of the tea ceremony", I think it conspicuous that many Bizen-Yaki are sent.

Mr. ICHINO-MASAHIKO's "KAZE (wind)" won the Tanabe art museum grand-prix.

But I liked Mr. TSUKIOKA-SABURO's NERIAGE cold water container.
Though regrettable, I cannot publish the pictures of exhibition works.
I took general view of the Tanabe art museum, and the pictures of the yard.

I ate duck nanban buckwheat noodles by SOBA-DOKORO YAKUMO-AN(出雲蕎麦処八雲庵), after looking at the work exhibition.

Izumo SOBA 蕎麦 (buckwheat-noodles) place YAKUMO-AN of Shimane is a buckwheat noodle shop very near the Tanabe art museum.

Izumo buckwheat-noodles place YAKUMO-AN is inside of a shop with the effect which remodeled the remains of a samurai residence, and it gets the duck nanban the hand-made buckwheat noodles (Izumo buckwheat noodles) of the home and the broth of the duck are effective skilled, feeling the four seasons.

Duck nanban buckwheat noodles(鴨南蛮蕎麦/KAMO-NAMBAN SOBA)

The courtyard at especially the site of a restaurant was very very beautiful!

If you may go to the Matsue castle of Matsue-shi, Shimane, please visit the Tanabe art museum and YAKUMO-AN.

Report by / MAGOKORODO,HIDE