Hello everyone, how are you all doing?
Recently, I received some very interesting photos from a customer who purchased a sake bottle by Toyo Kaneshige, and I would like to share them with you.
They mentioned that the sake bottle they purchased is remarkably similar in its firing to one in their collection by Toyozo Arakawa, which was reportedly fired in Toyo's kiln.
I suspect that they may have been fired around the same time and placed in similar spots within the kiln.
It is said that Toyozo fired his works in Toyo's kiln in 1944 and 1951.
Toyo and Toyozo were members of the "Karahine-kai," where they worked hard to recreate Momoyama ceramics, and they deepened their friendship by exchanging letters and visiting each other's kilns.
The fact that these works by two masters, which are like siblings, have crossed paths again over time is deeply moving and feels like a truly mysterious connection.