Nihonga / Kyôyaki
Kashisara, dish for sweets - Senkiku, chrysanthemumSigned: Chokuhô hitsu
Seals: Dôhachi
Technique: Grey and pink gohonde Kyôyaki with an underglaze painting in black and white Ø 21 x 2,3
Box: signed by both potter and painter, chaikin sealed Kachûtei
Condition: fine
Chokuhô studied with Fukuda Chokujô (1861-1947) and Yamamoto Shunkyo (1871-1933).
Dôhachi VI (Kachûtei) was born in Kyoto as the second son of Dôhachi IV (Michiyori Kachûtei) (1845-1897). He studied with his father as well as with his brother Dôhachi V. He also studied at the Kyoto Municipal Ceramics Laboratory. He inherited the title after his brother’s death and he became Dôhachi VI in 1915. At the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Shôwa in 1928 he produced a large flower vase. Dôhachi VI was known for his blue white porcelain and Sencha ware.
Reference:
Kyoto 2003 p. 327
Price: ON REQUEST
