Yu Fujiwara

This little 'one gulp' sake cup is rather unassuming at first but is much more interesting when you hold it in your hand and explore it. I believe the mark is that of Yu Fujiwara.

Alex

That is the mark of Yu Fujiwara (1932 - 2001).

Yu Fujiwara was the fourth Bizen potter to become a National Living Treasure when he received the accolade in 1996. His father was Kei Fujiwara, who had also been designated a NLT. Yu came to prominence in 1967 when he won the prestigious Japan Ceramic Society award and in 1980 he was designated an Intangible Cultural Property of Okayama Prefecture.

Images of a tokkuri by Fujiwara san.



..... and the box it came in.

Beautiful tokkuri SP, thanks for sharing!

Alex

This is a photograph of an insert found in the box of the tokkuri above. It shows Yu Fujiwara as he would have looked in the early 1970s.