Shibukusa Ryuzo 6th, Hexagonal pot with floating cherry blossoms (12.5 cm x 9.7 cm)
◆The cherry blossom design is a specialty of the 6th. A beautiful hexagonal pot with branches weeping in the wind.

 

Shibukusa Ryuzo 6th, Round pot with floating cherry blossoms (10.5 cm x 9.2 cm)
◆This is also a cherry blossom design. The yellow mottled glaze is the base on which weeping cherry blossoms are painted.

 

Shibukusa Ryuzo 7th, Blue and white porcelain round pot with a beautiful woman (12.3 cm x 7.5 cm)
◆In addition to the drawing of the woman, this luxurious work is decorated with gorgeous peony and peacock designs.

 

Shibukusa Ryuzo 7th, Blue and white porcelain hexagonal pot with “Night Parade of One Hundred Demons” (14.2 cm x 7.5 cm)
◆The idea for this pot arose as Ryuzo 7th searched for something original with a Japanese design.

 

Shibukusa Ryuzo 7th, Blue and white porcelain round pot with insects (12.3 cm x 8.2 cm)
◆An innovative bonsai pot with a design of insects native to Japan. Coexistence with trees must be interesting.

 

 

Shibukusa Ryuzo Pottery’s Latest Bonsai Pots!

 

These precious bonsai pots were produced by special order and completed in 2021, by both Ryuzo 6th and 7th.
Although Ryuzo 6th is very familiar with bonsai pots, he created “Day Cherry Blossoms” and “Night Cherry Blossoms” to further push his boundaries. “Night Cherry Blossoms” is lapis lazuli glaze-based with a bewitching flower figure floating in the deep darkness. “Day Cherry Blossoms” depicts weeping cherry blossoms in full bloom on a base of mottled glaze that resembles the soft colors of spring. In fact, Ryuzo 5th also painted cherry blossoms, but with a rather bold touch, perhaps due to the folk art boom during his time. When Ryuzo 6th saw this, he did the exact opposite and developed a unique, delicate drawing style with which he could express “his own cherry blossoms.” Again, innovation is an important element of tradition.
For Ryuzo 7th, on the other hand, this is his first time making a bonsai pot. What would differentiate his bonsai pots from the many available, while being fully mindful of foreign connoisseurs? After much deliberation, he came up with the idea of a painted pot with novel themes, while adding a bit of red painting to the traditional blue gosu pigment. “I borrowed ideas from old documents for the subject matter of the drawing and increased the number of variations, while considering a finished look that would not only reflect but also resonate with my own generation,” says Ryuzo 7th. He combined multiple motifs, with an emphasis on satisfying overseas demand, especially of European enthusiasts, and succeeded in creating distinctly Japanese yet unconventional bonsai pots.

 

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