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Reunion with KATO Juunidai [KATO Hiroshige] in Seto

Today we meet KATO Juunidai [KATO Hiroshige] and are greeted with a big hug. Today, our journey leads us to the ceramics town Seto, renowned for many centuries, which came into bloom under the protection of the Tokugawa Shogun. On the way to KATO’s atelier, the ceramist tells us that he made several pieces of new Matcha bowls [chawan] and tea bowls [yunomi] to show us. Inside the atelier, we first look at some old works by KATO Juudai, the […]

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