TANAKA SAJIRŌ
Karatsu waterjar with two lugs and recessed, knobbed lid, titled, As Clouds Form, 2025
Glazed stoneware
8 3/8 x 9 x 8 in.
Box title:
唐津水指 (Karatsu mizusashi); Karatsu Waterjar
銘 雲起る時 (Mei: Kumo okiru toki); Titled, As Clouds Form (The term 雲起時 is a reference to the line 行到水窮処、坐看雲起時, which is often used in Zen calligraphy)
Box signature:
令和七年極月 (Reiwa nana nen gokugetsu); December 2025
法月 佐次郎 (Hōgetsu Sajirō)
Box seal:法月 (Hōgetsu)
Box title:
唐津水指 (Karatsu mizusashi); Karatsu Waterjar
銘 雲起る時 (Mei: Kumo okiru toki); Titled, As Clouds Form (The term 雲起時 is a reference to the line 行到水窮処、坐看雲起時, which is often used in Zen calligraphy)
Box signature:
令和七年極月 (Reiwa nana nen gokugetsu); December 2025
法月 佐次郎 (Hōgetsu Sajirō)
Box seal:法月 (Hōgetsu)
$ 14,000.00
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Literature
References:Kuroda, Kusaomi. Tanaka Sajiro. Vol. 98 of Toh: The Best Selections of Contemporary Ceramics in
Japan. Kyoto: Kyoto Shoten, 1993.
Toward a 21st Century Renaissance in Ceramics. Vol. 1. Tokyo: Dōhōsha. 1997, pp. 97-123, 305.