Connecting heart, connecting skill. - Asahiyaki 400 years history Special book - 2016/November/1 written by the 15th generation Matsubayashi Hosai.

A collection of warm-hearted manuscripts left by the 15th generation who succeeded Asahiyaki tea pottery related to Kobori Enshu that lasted 400 years in Uji area, ​​Kyoto. The courage to make "nothing, casual things" and the words without praise are filled with the rigor of inheriting the norm and the desire to challenge the future with constant dedication in its naturalness.

Table of contents: Uji river and Asahiyaki / History of Asahiyaki / Identity of Asahiyaki / Working attitude / Conscious and unconscious world / What was disciplined from the previous generation / To succeed generation / Home and work / about tea ceremony / Aging Japanese aesthetics / To protect the language and culture / And "connecting"

[Author introduction]
Matsubayashi Hosai: Asahiyaki the fifteenth generation. Kyoto Traditional Ceramic Artist Association Member (Director) / Chairman of the Kyoto Ceramic Society. Born in April 1945 as the eldest son of Asahiyaki 14th Hosai.
Graduated from the Department of Basic Design, Musashino Art University in March 1974. Until 1975, studied potter's wheel at Kyoto Prefectural Ceramics Training School. Until 1976, glaze and other training at the Nagoya Industrial Testing Institute. After that, studied at the 14th generation pottery. Since 1987, Morse Collection, Frier Museum, British Museum, VA Museum in 1988, etc. Old Asahi survey of US, Canada, UK and France (This data was published at the time this book was published)
Publisher Ribun Publishing

Price　1,980 JPY