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^Sorry to hear that Lukav
hope she's able to make it right somehow. 
^Thanks Victoria!Victoria wrote: ↑Fri Nov 22, 2019 12:45 amAozoraE you can contact Asako Isobe via Facebook messenger and take a look at her boutique web site isobe.shop-pro.jp, she has a much larger store as well in Tokoname. Her web site is limited, so let her know what you are looking for and that TeaForum sent you
Artistic Nippon also sells Yamada family kyusu.
) I'm looking for a yuzamashi actually!
I contacted her via email written on her website (I think) or web form. She is really kind and would/will buy again from her. Atm the stock of shudei and blue pots is a bit limited but I did ask only for pots that are 150ml or lower. I ended up getting a 150 ml shudei kyusu which is gorgeous in person. I wanted a blue glazed kyusu too but the only available ones although stellar were out of my price range so I picked the backhandle pot. At 100ml it is just the perfect size and no brained for me. It hurts to se such a pot being broken so I will try to repair it with epoxy glue. The cuts are quite clean so if all goes right it will be left with two tiny cracks and a story from the start
. Still haven’t decided with what tea to use it. As I drink a lot of young sheng these days it would make a perfect pot for it but then again I ended up using a lot of pots for sheng so maybe I need to become more picky. Yes, looks like Jozan II.Vintagetea wrote: ↑Sat Jan 16, 2021 10:34 amHello everyone,
I also have a tokoname teapot, I'm thinking it's from the yamada family.
Thank you.,!Victoria wrote: ↑Sat Jan 16, 2021 3:59 pmYes, looks like Jozan II.Vintagetea wrote: ↑Sat Jan 16, 2021 10:34 amHello everyone,
I also have a tokoname teapot, I'm thinking it's from the yamada family.
just sharing as biographical info for the jozan nerds out there. here's another nice page: http://www.tokoname.or.jp/teapot/maker_ ... n_kiln.htmForeword
Yamada Jozan III (1924-2005) was a ceramic artist born in Tokoname city, Aichi prefecture in Taisho 13 (1924). He was born into the family of generations of the master-hand of kyusu teapot craftsmen starting with his grandfather Yamada Jozan I. He was taught and trained by his grandfather Jozan I and his father Jozan II, and he was fervently engaged in teapot making from his teens. Ever since that time, it is said that he created over one hundred different styles and shapes of teapots in eighty-one years of his life, and thus he established a rich and colorful world of teapots. Because of the many years of devotion in his field, he was designated an "Intangible Cultural Asset" (or more popularly called Living National Treasure) in Heisei 10 (1998) for his career in Tokoname ware, especially for the making of teapots. His designation was not only because of his ceramic skills but was recognition given to the type of ceramics, teapots of Tokoname ware. This is an unusual designation and recognition, but the fact is it proves the high value put on the teapots which Jozan III made.
Over the past twenty years, the Idemitsu Museum of Arts has collected Jozan's ceramics, ranging from various tea paraphernalia including tea bowls, sake drinking and eating utensils, to Tokoname ware natural glaze jars fired in noborigama (climbing) kilns. One hundred eighty individual and sets of pieces selected from the Idemitsu collection for this exhibition present a good overall view of the various and multifaceted appeal of Jozan III not only of his teapots as well as other categories of ceramics. At the same time, they will show how Jozan III extended his world of creation beyond teapots, utilizing as background the rich history of ceramics of Japan.
The year 2011 marks the seventh anniversary of the artist's death, and the exhibition is designed to display the entire collection for the first time. Although fully identified with teapot making, which claimed most of his time, ceramic production was the essence of Jozan III's existence and totally consumed his energy. We hope that you will enjoy and feel the simple, honest and warm power which we could embody in our everyday lives from the art of Jozan III.
Lastly, we would like to express our deepest gratitude to the family of Yamada Jozan IV for the understanding and support in realizing this exhibition.
Idemitsu Museum of Arts
Chop seems slightly different from the one on this page
I think that’s only the distortion of the imagery. Also haven’t heard of fake Jozan II yet.LeoFox wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 8:31 amChop seems slightly different from the one on this page
https://japanese-ceramics.com/yamada-jo ... %E4%BB%A3/
I feel the same sign, just because I took the picture at a slant so the picture was distorted.Bok wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 8:49 amI think that’s only the distortion of the imagery. Also haven’t heard of fake Jozan II yet.LeoFox wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 8:31 amChop seems slightly different from the one on this page
https://japanese-ceramics.com/yamada-jo ... %E4%BB%A3/
Bok wrote: ↑Sun Jun 09, 2019 7:03 pmThere is an update to this story:
After some solid detective work on the part of the person who bought the pot from me, it turns out that it is NOT a Yamada family teapot.
It is made by another lesser known potter called Miura Jozan (三浦常山).
The interesting part is that this potter is from Sado Island. Apparently one of the first to make use of Mumyoi clay, made well known by Hojo tea!
On a side note, it turns out that MarshalN’s pot, which peaked my interest in the first place, is also not Yamada, but again the same Miura Jozan!