Malcolm Schosha on thu 25 may 06
Lee,
Thanks for the images.
If Itaya Hazan is teaching pottery in the next world; perhaps he will
accept me, one day, as his student. It would be an honer to study
with such a potter.
Be well.
Malcolm
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--- In clayart@yahoogroups.com, lee love wrote:
>
> I scanned and put up the photos (I should be in the studio!) I
> promised for Malcolm. They are of Itaya Hazan, Hamada's teacher:
>
> http://togei.blogspot.com/
>
> Itaya Hazan: born 1872, Shimodate, Japan died 1963, Shimodate
>
> Hazan is considered Japan's first studio potter who started the way
of
> the individual potter in Japan. He worked in classical Chinese
> inspired designs creating delicate porcelains.
>
> After studying sculpture at the Tokyo Fine Arts School, Itaya
> graduated in 1894 and then studied ceramics, building a kiln in
Tokyo
> in 1904. In 1953 he received the Bunka Kunsho ("Order of Culture").
> Itaya's most famous works include a pot decorated with flowers in
> bright glaze.
lee love on thu 25 may 06
I scanned and put up the photos (I should be in the studio!) I
promised for Malcolm. They are of Itaya Hazan, Hamada's teacher:
http://togei.blogspot.com/
Itaya Hazan: born 1872, Shimodate, Japan died 1963, Shimodate
Hazan is considered Japan's first studio potter who started the way of
the individual potter in Japan. He worked in classical Chinese
inspired designs creating delicate porcelains.
After studying sculpture at the Tokyo Fine Arts School, Itaya
graduated in 1894 and then studied ceramics, building a kiln in Tokyo
in 1904. In 1953 he received the Bunka Kunsho ("Order of Culture").
Itaya's most famous works include a pot decorated with flowers in
bright glaze.
--
Lee In Mashiko, Japan
My google Notebooks: http://tinyurl.com/e5p3n
"Bring me my Bow of burning gold;
Bring me my Arrows of desire;
Bring me my Spear; O clouds unfold!
Bring me my Chariot of fire! "
--William Blake
lee love on fri 26 may 06
--- In clayart@yahoogroups.com, Malcolm Schosha
wrote:
>
> Thanks for the images.
>
> If Itaya Hazan is teaching pottery in the next world; perhaps he
>will accept me, one day, as his student. It would be an honer to
> study with such a potter.
>
> Be well.
Welcome!
I will put up a Hazan web page when I get time. Also one for
Yoshimichi Goda and Shoji Kamoda. These two are Mashiko's best kept
secret. Actually, Kamoda is very well known in Japan but I think
Goda's reputation is not so well known even here.
I got time to read EP's post to me. It was thoughtful and
sensitive. I couldn't make time at the time. Just read one "Sock-O
" and knew I had to get to work on the "business" I was working on.
I don't agree about quoting. I think that is a temperament
thing. And Zen does not conform to Confucian formalism. It was a
reaction to an overly formal society.
I told this story about my Zen teacher and my wife Jean before
(Tony, cover your ears.) It illustrates a Zen "wack on the Head" :
My late teach procured a large bronze bell he had been trying to
get for many years. My memory might fail me, but I recall it being
about as big as my arms held round, fingers touching. Maybe bigger.
He saw it on a ranch in California. The Ranch owner planted dirt
and a tree in it. Hojo-san (it was what student's called him. It
means "master of a six mat hut), finally coaxed the bell away from the
rancher. Folks took turns ringing it, with a big padded knocker.
Jean and I came over for tea. Hojo-san asked us if we'd like
to go upstairs and ring the bell. I was the first to ring it. It
made a very bold sound. You could feel it in your diaphram, like how
you can feel the drumming of the large taiko drums.
When it stopped resonating, Jean picked up the striker. She
hit it and it rang out loud. After it stopped resonating and the
three of us were quite in admiration of the bell's sound, Jean
looked at Hojo-san and said, "Hojo-san. You don't have ANY good
students, but you have a mighty fine bell!" He smiled and then
frowned. And said to Jean, "Yes... Yes..."
--
Lee in Mashiko, Japan
"Let the beauty we love be what we do." - Rumi
Malcolm Schosha on fri 26 may 06
--- In clayart@yahoogroups.com, lee love wrote:
>
> I will put up a Hazan web page when I get time. Also one
for
> Yoshimichi Goda and Shoji Kamoda. These two are Mashiko's best
kept
> secret. Actually, Kamoda is very well known in Japan but I think
> Goda's reputation is not so well known even here.
That gives me something to look forward to, Lee. I appreciate your
putting the effort into it.
>
> I got time to read EP's post to me. It was thoughtful and
> sensitive. I couldn't make time at the time. Just read
one "Sock-O
> " and knew I had to get to work on the "business" I was working on.
>
> I don't agree about quoting. I think that is a temperament
> thing. And Zen does not conform to Confucian formalism. It was a
> reaction to an overly formal society.
>
I think you are right about temperament; prefering different things,
and doing things differently.
Your using quotes don't bother me, although I tend to prefer to do
without them in my own messages, unless they are really necessary.
On the other hand, I was never comfortable with Zen, and rather
prefer Confucian ethics; and, particularly, Neo-Confucianism. Most of
all, I find Stoic philosophy helpful in life; such as those times
when I am getting flogged by my detracters on the forum.
Be well.
Malcolm
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