Large Iga Ware Jar by Fujioka Shuhei

A Large Iga-Ware Jar
Heisei era (1989-2019), late 20th/early 21st century
Of traditional medieval-style form with a sturdy shoulder and short neck with a circumferential flange, the stoneware body with thick gray-green kiln-ash glaze on the front, the reverse showing the rich red unglazed clay with a few drips of glaze (due to the jar being fired on its side) the whole exhibiting the "Three Landscapes" traditionally associated with Iga ware: a shiny emerald-green glaze that sometimes forms small globules, unglazed or semi-glazed areas of orange or brown, and occasional scorched patches; with an inscribed and signed wood tomobako storage box
18 7/8 x 16 7/8 in (48 x 43cm)
Born 1947 in the city of Matsuyama of Ehime prefecture, Shuhei Fujioka graduated from Ritsumeikan University in 1970. Being introduced through the Aichi Prefectural Pottery Practitioner School, master potter Mitsuo Tanimoto took him as his apprentice.[1] In 1975, Fujioka built his kiln and opened his practice in Ueno, Mie prefecture.

His pottery has been shown in Japan, New York, and at many group galleries.[2] His work is also on permanent exhibition at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, the Brooklyn Museum, the Contemporary Art Museum Ise, the Crueger Collection in Germany and the Gitter-Yelen Collection, New Orleans.