Works from the gallery collection

Maruta Munehiko

1961
Born in Kuromuta, Saga Prefecture, as second son of noted potter Maruta Masami

1980
Apprentices to Hamada Atsuya, grandson of seminal mingei potter Hamada Shoji

1984
Returns to Kuromuta and begins producing pottery

1987
Opens Uchidasaraya-gama kiln and studio in Takeo, Saga

2000
Builds and begins firing Sarayagawa climbing kiln

2002 and 2003
Featured on pottery programs broadcast on Japanese public television

June 16–June 24, 2018

On view in Maruta Munehiko's Karatsu work are the definitive characteristics of the Karatsu tradition and the broadening spectrum of contemporary possibilities in that genre. Witness here a modern master's inflections on a central current in the history of Japanese pottery.

19.　Oku-Gorai guinomi (saké cup) 　SOLD	20.　Chosen Karatsu guinomi (saké cup) 　SOLD	12.　Kohiki (white slip) Karatsu split-foot chawan (tea bowl) 　SOLD
6.　Karatsu Kuro-oribe guinomi (saké cup) 　SOLD	10.　Oku-Gorai guinomi (saké cup) 　SOLD	8.　Chosen Karatsu gourd-shaped vase 　SOLD
7.　E-Karatsu (brush-decorated Karatsu) tokkuri (saké flask) 　SOLD	2. E-Karatsu (brush-decorated Karatsu) guinomi (saké cup) 　SOLD	3.　Whale-skin (rim-banded) Karatsu guinomi (saké cup) 　SOLD

Maruta Munehiko Exhibition Catalog

Partial listing of works exhibited June 16–24
Size indications: centimeters, width x depth x height
Price: net of Japanese sales tax, wooden box included



Front cover: Chosen Karatsu jar (23.9×23.4×19.3)

2. E-Karatsu (brus-decorated Karatsu) guinomi (saké cup) (7.0×5.6) SOLD

3. E-Karatsu gourd-saped tokkuri (saké flask) (8.8×11.9) SOLD

4. Karatsu Kuro-oribe chawan (tea bowl) (14.9×12.7×7.4)

5. Karatsu Ido chawan (tea bowl) (12.1×7.0) ¥180,000 SOLD

6. Kohiki (white slip) Karatsu guinomi (saké cup) (8.8×3.9)

7. Karatsu Kuro-oribe guinomi (saké cup) (6.8×4.3) SOLD

8. Karatsu Gosomaru-style tokkuri (saké flask) (9.3×11.6)

9. Kohiki (white slip) Karatsu tokkuri (saké flask) (9.9×12.1)

10. Mottled Karatsu angular tokkuri (saké flask) (8.5×6.2×11.2) SOLD

11. Chosen Karatsu angular tokkuri (saké flask) (8.6×6.7×11.0) SOLD

12. E-Karatsu (brus-decorated Karatsu) guinomi (saké cup) (6.6×5.1) SOLD

13. Whale-skin (rim-banded) Karatsu guinomi (saké cup) (6.6×4.8) SOLD

14. Chosen Karatsu guinomi (saké cup) (6.6×4.6) SOLD

15. Chosen Karatsu guinomi (saké cup) (7.2×5.2) SOLD

16. Karatsu Kuro-oribe guinomi (saké cup) (6.8×4.0) SOLD	17. Chosen Karatsu guinomi (saké cup) (6.8×6.4×3.9) SOLD

18. Ido black guinomi (saké cup) (6.6×6.1×5.6) SOLD

19. Karatsu Kuro-oribe guinomi (saké cup) (6.6×6.1×5.6) SOLD

20. Chosen Karatsu flat-sided tokkuri (saké flask) (9.4×7.6×10.0) SOLD

21. Karatsu Ido guinomi (saké cup) (8.5×4.4) SOLD

22. E-Karatsu (brush-decorated Karatsu) flat-sided tokkuri (saké flask) (20.0×17.5) SOLD

23. Mottled Karatsu guinomi (6.7×5.4) SOLD

24. Chosen Karatsu guinomi (saké cup) (8.4×7.3×4.4)

Back cover: Mottled Karatsu jar (24.0×23.6×19.9)