A set of five metal glazed sishes ringed with tenmoku striations by Kimura Yoshiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Tetsuyu Meme Zara. They are 12 cm (4-3/4 inches) diameter and in excellent condition, perfect for salt, soy sauce or small hors d’oeuvres.
Kimura Yoshihiro was born in Kyoto in 1950. After graduating the Kyoto Prefectural Technical Institute completed advanced courses at the Kyoto Municipal Institute of Industrial Technology and Culture before entering the studio of the great Tenmoku specialist Kimura Morikazu where he would remain for 6 years. In 1976 he left the capital to establish his own kiln in the Echizen Pottery Village in Fukui prefecture. Selected for the Nihon Dento Kogeiten National Traditional Crafts Exhibition. He is primarily focused on tenmoku-ware.
