Shibuya Deishi

Shibuya Deishi (1927 - 2017) was a potter born in Hagi City, Japan and spent all of his life there.

He threw all of chawan and yunomis using a Korean style kick wheel and these are then fired in his traditional wood-fired climbing kiln (Odaiba kiln) for many days. He won many prizes for his work over the years, including the International Art Culture award in 1984 and became the Hagi Traditional Industrial Association Chairman in the late 1980s.

Below is his impressed seal together with the lid from a box contain his work.

A cut-sided winter chawan with the traditional oni-hagi glaze that was originally developed by the Miwa family of potters that have worked in the Hagi region for centuries.

A summer chawan with another typical Hagi glaze.

Another winter chawan but this time with atypical brushwork, although the glaze is typical Hagi.

A photograph from when he was around 80 years old.

A lugged vase with oni-hagi white glaze that is said to be reminiscent of Cherry blossom.

A hanging vase (metal ring to the back) + cleaning cloth and info insert in Japanese.