Tea utensils, tea ceremony tools, tea container, thick tea container, Seto ware, shoulder-thrust tea container, made by Kato Tozaburo, service, Izumo gold brocade

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Today we will be introducing the Seto-yaki shoulder-shaped tea container made by Kato Karasaburo.

Please take a look.

size	Approx. diameter 6.4cm x height 8.7cm Caliber 3.2cm
material	ivory
author	By Tozaburo Kato
box	Wooden box

[Akatsu ware from Seto]
[First Generation Kagemasa, Fujino Shirobei, Shunkei] The Founder of Seto Ware
March 1892: Travels to China with Zen Master Dogen and studies pottery techniques
August 2002: After returning to Japan, he built a kiln in Seto. Tokito was born in the year 3011 and became the founder of the Seto pottery industry.
[Second generation Motomichi Tojiro, later renamed Karashiro]
The inventor of Kiseto ware. Later known as Shinchu.
After that, successive generations of Tosaburo inherited the title.
The first generation was the founder of Seto ware, Kato Toshiro Kagemasa
Started making Ofukai ware, a traditional Japanese pottery for the Owari Tokugawa family
After the Meiji Restoration, the Akatsu ware Kato Karasaburo kiln was established.
[28th Kato Karasaburo (real name: Keira Jugoro)] Tosen
In 1908, the 41st year of the Meiji era, the master of Kyoto Omotesenke, Rokusai, was honored to visit and was given the title "Tosen."
[29th generation Tozaburo Kato (real name Jiro)] Name: Tosen
1942 (Showa 17) Qualified as a technology preservation certifier
[30s Tosaburo Kato (real name Toshiro Kato)]
30th generation Owari Tokugawa family official kiln owner, certified art preservation artist
1910 (Meiji 43) - 1986 (Showa 62)
Born in 1910 (Meiji 43), as the eldest son of the 29th generation potter, Tosaburo.
In 1943, he was recognized as an artist in the Showa Period.
[31st Generation Kato Tozaburo (real name Kato Koji)] Akatsu Kiln
Recognized as a holder of the Seto Intangible Cultural Property for his Ofukeyu glaze.
Born in 1948 in Akatsu, Seto City, Aichi Prefecture
1970: Studied under the father of Nitten artist Tosaburo 30th
April 1991: Succeeded as the 31st Kato Tozaburo
1996: Judge for the 27th Tokai Traditional Crafts Exhibition
Currently, he is the Secretary of the Tokai Branch of the Japan Crafts Association.
Japan Ceramic Association
Chairman of the Japan Crafts Association (Regular Member)
Part-time lecturer at Seto Ceramic High School
CBC Club Member?

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