A wide mouthed flaring form in sheer matte white decorated with iris enclosed in a period wooden box annotated as having been exhibited at the 10th Teikoku Bijutsuten (Teiten) National Exhibition dated the second month of Showa 11 (1936) and signed Toko Tsukiyoshi-ki. It is 24 cm (9-1/2 inches) diameter, 32.5 cm (13 inches) tall and is in excellent condition.
Kaga Gekka (given name Tsunajirō) was born in 1888 in Kuwana, Mie Prefecture and he devoted himself to reviving the Banko ware kilns, a ceramic tradition long renowned as a specialty product of Kuwana. Establishing his own kiln in the Akasuka district, he studied the styles of early Banko ware and continued to develop that tradition throughout his career. Beginning in 1929, his works were accepted year after year to the Teiten (Imperial Art Exhibition) and Bunten exhibitions. He also exhibited at the Japan Art Association exhibitions and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry Craft Exhibitions, among others, where he received numerous awards and accolades.
