Works from the gallery collection

March 24-April 1, 2018

Do-Tamba!

The pottery produced in around the village of Tachikui, in what is now Hyogo Prefecture, occupies a central place in Japan’s pottery tradition. That pottery bears the name Tamba, a province of old Japan that overlapped the present geography, and it dates from the Heian period (794–1185). Tamba ware encompasses a startling diversity of styles and techniques. We at Gallery Labo are proud to present a sampling of that diversity in this exhibition. Do is a prefix used in Japanese for emphasis. We have used it here to emphasize the influential positioning of the exhibition artists in Tamba’s ever-evolving traditions.

Onishi Masafumi

1980
Born the first son of the fourth-generation potter of the Tabungama kiln, Sasayama, Hyoto Prefecture

2000
Earns degree in craftwork from Osaka University of Arts Junior College; apprentices to Kato Hiroshige in Seto, Aichi Prefecture

2004
Begins producing pottery in Tachikui

Imanishi Masahiko

1971
Born in Tachikui, Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture

1993
Earns diploma from Kyoto Prefectural College of Technical Ceramic Art

1995
Earns diploma in ceramics from Kyoto Municipal Institute of Industrial Technology and Culture; apprentices to Okamoto Akira

2000
Returns to Tamba and begins producing pottery there

2001
Builds kiln in Sanda, Hyogo Prefecture

2010
Builds kiln in Tachikui

Shimizu Takeshi

1975
Born in Tachikui, Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture

1999
Graduates from Kyoto City University of Arts; apprentices to Imai Masayuki and his son Makimasa

2013
Work appears in Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition

2014
Toki City’s Contemporary Tea Ceramics Exhibition

2015
Work appears in Tanabe Museum of Art’s Modern Tea Forms Exhibition

Ichino Kenta

1987
Born in Tachikui, Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture

2012
Earns diploma from Kyoto Prefectural College of Technical Ceramic Art; earns diploma in ceramics from Kyoto Municipal Institute of Industrial Technology and Culture

2013
Begins producing pottery in Tachikui

Ichino Masahiko

1961
Born in Sasayama, Hyoto Prefecture

2006
Receives Japan Ceramics Society Prize

2011
Receives Hyogo Prefectural Culture Prize; holds solo exhibition at Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo

1. Tamba guinomi (saké cup) SOLD	3. Tamba guinomi (saké cup) SOLD	28. Tamba guinomi (saké cup) SOLD
6. Kuro-Tamba (black Tamba) saké cup SOLD	7. Tamba ash-glaze saké cup SOLD	9. Tamba ash-glaze saké cup SOLD
11. Shiro-Tamba (white Tamba) saké cup SOLD	19. Tamba unglazed guinomi (saké cup) SOLD

Do-Tamba!

Partial listing of works exhibited March 24-April 1, 2018
Size indications: centimeters, width x depth x height
The prices indicated include a wooden box for all items except those shown on the front cover and on page 3.


Front cover. Tamba pot [Imanishi Masahiko] (46.5×51.5)

2. Tamba red-earth chawan (tea bowl) [Ichino Masahiko] (13.3×11.8×8.2)

3. Lump [Ichino Masahiko] (11.3×23.1) SOLD

4. Tamba tokkuri (saké flask) [Imanishi Masahiko] (7.9×15.0)		5. Tamba shallow saké cup [Imanishi Masahiko] (7.8×3.0) SOLD

6. Tamba saké cup [Imanishi Masahiko] (6.2×5.8)		7. Tamba tokkuri (saké flask) [Imanishi Masahiko] (8.3×17.0)

8. Black chawan (tea bowl) [Shimizu Takeshi] (12.6×7.8)

9. White shallow saké cup [Shimizu Takeshi] (7.1×4.6)	10. Black guinomi (saké cup) [Shimizu Takeshi] (6.4×4.8)	11. White pot [Shimizu Takeshi] (14.7×24.3)	12. White saké pourer [Shimizu Takeshi] (10.5×13.5×6.8) SOLD

13. Tamba chawan (tea bowl) [Onishi Masafumi] (11.3×8.8) SOLD

14. Tamba chawan (tea bowl) [Onishi Masafumi] (13.1×12.2×9.2)

15. Tamba tokkuri (saké flask) [Onishi Masafumi] (9.0×11.6) SOLD		16. Tamba guinomi (saké cup) [Onishi Masafumi] (5.8×4.9)

17. Tamba guinomi (saké cup) [Ichino Kenta] (8.4×6.6×5.3)		18. Tamba tokkuri (saké flask) [Ichino Kenta] (9.7×13.2×11.3)

19. Tamba katakuchi (pouring vessel) [Ichino Kenta] (17.3×13.6×11.4) SOLD
Kotamba (old Tamba) Works (not for sale)

Ebi tokkuri (shrimp saké flask) 19th century		Sakazuki (shallow saké cup) 17th century

Katakuchi (lipped) pot 16th century		Small pitcher 15th century

White tokkuri (saké flask) 19th century		Kurouki tokkuri (black-float saké flask) 19th century

Back cover. Tamba vase [Onishi Masafumi] (20.8×24.2) SOLD

Do-Tamba!

Kotamba (old Tamba) Works (not for sale)