Chikusa-yaki (ちくさ焼) - Toma Yoshihide (当麻嘉英) - Tea bowl - Ceramic

Toma Yoshihide (当麻嘉英) - Chikusa-yaki (ちくさ焼) Matcha Bowl with Original Wooden Box

A refined chawan (tea bowl) crafted by Toma Yoshihide at his Enju Pottery kiln in the mountains of Chikusa, Hyogo Prefecture. The bowl is covered in a richly layered earth-tone glaze — a signature characteristic of Chikusa-yaki — where mottled shades of warm olive, ochre, and deep brown harmonize in a natural, understated elegance perfectly suited to the Japanese tea ceremony.

The exterior surface displays subtle wheel-thrown throwing lines beneath the speckled glaze, giving the piece a quiet, meditative texture that rewards close observation. The interior retains a glossy depth, and the unglazed foot ring reveals the fine, sandy clay body native to the Chikusa region of the Mima Plateau, one of Japan's most unspoiled natural environments.

The artist's personal seal is impressed into the foot. The bowl comes in its original signed and sealed paulownia wood storage box (tomobako), with the title written in the artist's own hand and bearing the red stamp of Enju Pottery — an important mark of authenticity and provenance.

Size
Height: 8 cm
Width: 13 cm
Depth: 13 cm

Weight
311 g

Condition
The piece is in good vintage condition consistent with age and use; minor surface wear may be present on the exterior glaze, and some small marks inherent to the firing process, but there are no chips, cracks, or repairs.

Artist Profile
当麻嘉英 Toma Yoshihide (1953–) — Enju Pottery, Chikusa-yaki
Born in Osaka in 1953, Toma Yoshihide is a ceramicist working in the tradition of Chikusa-yaki, a regional style of Japanese folk pottery rooted in the pure natural environment of the Chikusa district, Hyogo Prefecture, at the foothills of the Mima Plateau. In 1986, he established Enju Pottery (Enju-gama) in this secluded mountain setting, where he continues to work today, drawing on the area's natural water, air, fire, and earth to create work of quiet authenticity.
Toma has been selected in numerous prestigious national and regional exhibitions, including the Japan New Crafts Exhibition (Nihon Shin Kōgei-ten), the Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition (Nihon Dentō Kōgei-ten), the Hyogo Prefecture Exhibition, and the Osaka Crafts Exhibition. He also undertook a study trip to Europe to research Western ceramics. His work embodies the philosophy that the true beauty of pottery lies in coaxing forth the character of the earth itself — a tradition that has flowed continuously through Japanese ceramic culture from ancient times.


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