Kutani Kosen kiln Kanazawa Japan
Visit of the Kosen kiln in Kanazawa - June 2012
上出長右衛門窯の工場／Factory of KUTANI CHOEMON（5min）
工場見学／九谷茶碗まつりのお知らせ
第104回 九谷茶碗まつり
５月３日（木）・４日（金）・５日（土）
今年も早いもので若葉の季節となりました。恒例の九谷茶碗まつりを開催致します。
今年も長右衛門窯では「窯元作家めぐり」の一貫としてまつり会場と長右衛門窯と二会場で皆様をお待ち致しております。特に長右衛門窯では二等品の販売や工場見学、ワークショップ等さまざまな企画を準備しております。また、まつり会場での在庫処分品の大特価（！）販売も見逃せません。まつり会場と長右衛門窯は歩いても10分程。GWは上出長右衛門窯の工場にぜひお越し下さい。
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上出長右衛門窯は1879年（明治十二年）に石川県にて創業しました。すべての行程を社内一貫生産で行い、手造り、手描きにこだわった商品を一点一線丹誠込めて作り続けています。
2010年にはスペイン人デザイナーのハイメ・アジョンを迎え入れた新しい九谷焼のシリーズを丸若屋のプロデュースの元発表しました。
KUTANI CHOEMON was founded in 1879 in Ishikawa, Japan. We have been making tableware and tea ceremony utensils for over 130 years in an integrated system of production from raw material to finished products. Although we are small on a business scale, every piece of work is carefully handmade and hand-painted by experienced craftsmen. Our products feature rich blue and white colors and traditional Kutani color glazes.
In 2010, a new Kutani pottery JAIME HAYON x KUTANI CHOEMON produced by MARUWAKA-YA was released in collaboration with the Spanish designer Jaime Hayón.
on vimeo!
this video directed by KamideKeigo(KUTANI CHOEMON).
Kutani Keisei Isogaya Museum
Visit of Keisei Isogaya museum on 27 December 2013.- Nasu Shiobara
Tochigi Prefecture Japan.
Photos John Wocher
Video Georges Bouvier
The Mystery of Ko-Kutani: Trip to the Kaga Hot Spring Resort
Kutani ware - splendid traditional handcrafts of Kaga City, Ishikawa.
Although Ko-Kutani (old Kutani) is regarded as a origin of Kutani, it is debated about where Ko-Kutani was produced: in Kutani at Kaga (Ishikawa pref.), or in Arita at Hizen (Saga pref.)
In this clip, we introduce about this producing center controversy, also Kaga: the origin of Ko-Kutani, famous at a hot spring resort.
The navigator, NAKAJIMA Seinosuke, antique art appraiser, approaches the mistery of Ko-Kutani.
Meiji Kutani The universal exhibitions
Pieces exhibited during the Meiii period in world exhibitions. Courtesy of the Keisei Isogaya Museum - Nasu Japan
The Mystery of Ko-Kutani: Trip to the Kaga Hot Spring Resort [Korean Edition]
Kutani ware - splendid traditional handcrafts of Kaga City, Ishikawa.
Although Ko-Kutani (old Kutani) is regarded as a origin of Kutani, it is debated about where Ko-Kutani was produced: in Kutani at Kaga (Ishikawa pref.), or in Arita at Hizen (Saga pref.)
In this clip, we introduce about this producing center controversy, also Kaga: the origin of Ko-Kutani, famous at a hot spring resort.
The navigator, NAKAJIMA Seinosuke, antique art appraiser, approaches the mistery of Ko-Kutani.
The Mystery of Ko-Kutani: Trip to the Kaga Hot Spring Resort [Chinese (Traditional) Edition]
Kutani ware - splendid traditional handcrafts of Kaga City, Ishikawa.
Although Ko-Kutani (old Kutani) is regarded as a origin of Kutani, it is debated about where Ko-Kutani was produced: in Kutani at Kaga (Ishikawa pref.), or in Arita at Hizen (Saga pref.)
In this clip, we introduce about this producing center controversy, also Kaga: the origin of Ko-Kutani, famous at a hot spring resort.
The navigator, NAKAJIMA Seinosuke, antique art appraiser, approaches the mistery of Ko-Kutani.
100HANDS #3 Hidatakayama × potter / Tetsuhito Toda
「Shibukusa Ryuzo」 began in 1841 in Hidatakayama, Gifu Prefecture.
It is influenced by Kutani, its neighbor to the west, and Seto to the east. See Modern Japanese Ceramics-Pathways of Innovation & Tradition
A Japanese craft capital Kanazawa
Kutani-Crane
Music video by Kutani Crane.
Japanese ceramics_Mashiko pottery village
Day trip from Tokyo
Go to Mashiko pottery village to learn how cups and pots are made, to watch craftsmen in the process of creating, to paint a cup for yourself or as a souvenir for somebody, to visit shops and galleries, and just to enjoy this unique and interesting place!
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My Adventures in Japan, May, 2014 : In a Gold-Leaf (Kinpaku) Factory, Kanazawa
Kanazawa gold leaf is made of alloys consisting of pure gold, and a very little amount of silver and copper. The gold leaf is pounded evenly to a thickness of 0.0001 mm. Even though gold leaf is so thin that we can see through it, the brightness of the gold is not lost. The brightness and expandability of gold leaf depends on the quality of hakuuchi-gami, which is the Japanese craft paper placed between gold leaves when they are pounded. Kanazawa gold leaf has been used in various places for its beautiful sparkle; Kinkakuji Temple, Nikko Toshogu, lacquerwares, Buddhist altars, textiles, and Kutani ceramics. More than 98% of Japanese gold leaf, and 100% of Japanese silver leaf and Western leaf is produced in Kanazawa. The city produces 99 percent of the nation's gold leaf and all of its silver and brass leaf as well as uwazumi, which is a bit thicker than metal leaf.
incredible - technology - amazing - japanese