Spontaneity is, of course, an uncertain thing in the art world. It can lead to blindingly brilliant flashes of beauty and creativity, or it can totally destroy a perfectly orchestrated project.

Click to open image viewer. IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Low ...

Discover artisanal pottery by young, Kyoto-born craftsman Hirotsugu Ogawa at his solo exhibition 'Raku Ware' in Nihombashi Mitsukoshi. There are a total of 50 works, including collaboration items with ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Black Raku tea bowl, cylindrical; low ...

When you're thrifting for ceramic art to incorporate into your home, one type of pottery stands out among the rest: raku pottery. If you've never heard of it, raku pottery refers to an ancient ...

SOMERVILLE – Raku, a 12th-century pottery-firing technique, may trace its origins to creating the wares for Japanese tea ceremonies, but you certainly don’t need to hop on a plane to try it yourself.

RAKU KAKUNYŪ (KICHIZAEMON XIV, 1918-1980). A Red Raku Ware Tea Bowl Named "Kiri no Magaki". Showa era (1926-1989), 20th century, ca. 1926–1989 ...

Raku is known as earthenware that is fired at low temperature. But few people are aware that its roots go back to the chawan (tea bowls) that Chōjirō, the first head of the Raku family, crafted for ...

View Raku ware black tea bowl by Raku Kichizaemon XV Jikinyu on artnet. Browse upcoming and past auction lots by Raku Kichizaemon XV Jikinyu.