A set of two half crescent receptacles by Iga legend Atarashi Kanji enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Iga Hamon Hana-ire (Wave Peak Vase).The smaller work is 16 x 13 x 16 cm (6-1/2 x 5 x 6-1/2 inches), the larger is 20 x 15 x 24 cm (8 x 6 x 9-1/2 inches) and both are in excellent condition.
Atarashi Kanji was born in Osaka in 1944, and graduated the Osaka College of Craft design. After 3 years in Kobe, and 4 in Kishiwada (Wakayama) he came to settle in Iga, where he was one of the driving forces behind the resurrection and preservation of the Iga tradition. Although displayed at the National Craft Fair, he prefers the intimacy of the private exhibition, of which he holds several every year. And if ones visit to japan is not timed right for an exhibition, he can otherwise be found at his kiln working along with his son and daughter.
