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.

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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, and friend 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

My new works

KONNICHIWA!!! , I am Hidehisa of Magokorodo.

Although my work is the work which sells the pottery works of Japanese every place, I myself make ceramic works.

I think that I myself need to study more about pottery, in order to sell good works.

And my customers also have the ceramists in the world.

They do some shopping in my store, in order to add a new taste to its own works or to use their own works as a better work.

 
I decided that I myself made works, in order to reply to their question.

I have been only five years since I began ceramic art.

Since I find the interval of work and works are made, my arm is still unripe.

I did not have former that I introduced my own works on the Magokorodo website.

I made new works, in order to present to my friends this month.

I made white porcelain works for the first time.

These are bowls and chopstick rests.

Since I wanted to make the bowls in which the sharpness of white porcelain is not given, I made white porcelain clay from TEBINERI (pinching work).

 
Since I shaved the work to the limit, the weight of bowls is light.

And I used glass to some chopstick rests.

 
Although my ceramic art technique was unripe, I desired to leave my own works to my Website, before presenting my friends these works.

Thank you for seeing my poor English and works.

Magokorodo/Hidehisa

KONNICHIWA!!!

Thank you for always seeing Magokorodo Website.

I introduce Website and the blog of ceramist "ginkgo" of Switzerland which are making wonderful works to pottery lovers.

I like very much the "warmth" which ginkgo works have !

Please visit ginkgo Website, if you have  interest to ginkgo works .

website :      http://www.theiere.net/

blog :      http://tpotginkgo.blogspot.com/
 

ARIGATO GOZAIMASHITA!!!
Magokorodo

I received beautiful pictures from the French customer.

This work is "SEIGAN, blue Hagi ware, and a camfering MACCHA Teabowl."

I'm very glad that powdered green tea is drunk all over the world, and Magokorodo ceramists' works is used!

I am happyer if beautiful pictures are sent from other customers who looked at this blog!

Thank you for always seeing Magokorodo!

I received the photographs of Mr. SEIGAN's teacups from the pottery lover of Belgium the other day.
I have big gratitude to people who have used works regularly!

Tea incrustation permeates the crack called KANNYU (sedimentary intrusion) like this photograph, and the Teabowls and teacups with which white glaze was used continue change of appearance.
These change is called "HAGI NO NANA BAKE" (Hagi ware 7 change).

Thank you for sending photographs!

Respect! and ARIGATO GOZAIMASHITA!!!

 
MAGOKORODO

The other day, the customer who lives in US bought a SEIGAN blue Teabowl.

But the Teabowl had already broken, when it arrived.

Then, he requested Japanese lacquer repair of the work to me.
I requested restoration of his Teabowl to the japanner.
Restoration is fundamentally pasted up with a lacquer.
Gold etc. are applied on those Japanese lacquer.

In the studio where I requested restoration, the material was able to be chosen from five kinds (http://po6.nsk.ne.jp/~nusiya/syuuri/sozai.html).

Lusterless Gold.
Lusterless Silver.
Polish Gold.
Polish Silver.
Polish Red copper. 

My customer chose the lusterless silver which matches SEIGAN blue.
Since a SEIGAN blue Teabowl appeared just like the universe, he likened the Teabowl after restoration with the Galaxy by choosing silver as a repair material.

We waited for the repair period of about two months, and received the restored Teabowl.

The restored blue Teabowl looked true like the Galaxy of the universe!

 
Finally he desired to write a craftsman's restored signature to the reverse side of the lid of a storage box.

The craftsman who restored accepted his proposal pleasantly.

The japanner's YAGI-San restored this Teabowl.

His studio is "URUSHI KOBO NUSHIYA" (Japanese lacquer studio NUSHIYA).
(http://po6.nsk.ne.jp/~nusiya/) .

I learned lot by this restoration.
The work after restoration was again born in a completely new work.
And the work was blown in a new life and showed the figure which is completely different to us.
I was able to realize anew the importance using a thing carefully and for a long time, and the traditional restoration technique of Japan which does not spoil beauty.