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Toshu Yamamoto

Name: Toshu Yamamoto
Date of Birth: 1906
Place of Birth: Bizen/Okayama/Chūgoku/Japan
Date of Death: 1994

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Toshu Yamamoto was born in Inbe, Bizen City, and became a National Living Treasure in 1987. Trained under artists such as Yaichi Kasube, he was a master of the pottery wheel. Many of his masterpieces are tea and sake vessels. His delicate and refined style has been celebrated by tea ceremony masters all over, and he himself is known as “Teacup Toshu”.

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備前広口花入 [Bizen wide-mouthed flower input]

Toshu Yamamoto

circa 1926-1983

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