Bonsai pot, Tokoname, marked "Ikkozo ki" (made by Ikko), Watanabe Kazuhiro, small size, approximately 19cm long, rectangular pot, with rim, outer rim, cloud feet, unglazed ware, new, x1224439996

Bonsai pot, Tokoname, marked by Ichikou, Kazuhiro Watanabe, small size, approximately 19cm in length, rectangular pot with rim, outer rim, cloud feet, unglazed (clay ware), current item, new. Real name: Kazuhiro Watanabe. While training under his father, Shōzan Watanabe, he researched glazes and began firing small bonsai pots around 1978. He mainly creates glazed bonsai pots and glazed suiban (water basins) using the slab-building technique. His glazes are diverse, primarily Oribe, Junyu (celadon), white Kōchi, yellow Kōchi, and Ruri (lapis lazuli) glazes, with various intermediate colors also available. He is a Tokoname bonsai container artist who produces pots and suiban in various sizes, from small to large, in unglazed (clay) finishes. The artist's name is read as "Kazuhiro," but it is commonly read with the kun-yomi (Japanese reading) as "Ikkō."