Kitamura Wazen IV Omuro-ware Tea Utensils dark blue beckoning cat 1955) is a Kyo-ware potter

1955) is a Kyo-ware potter and son of veteran potter

Once their wish was fulfilled

and the text is most likely a poem

Some of the enamel is worn in places

His first breakthrough was in 1968 when he received the Hokkoku Shimbun Cultural Award

Kitamura Wazen IV Omuro-ware Tea Utensils dark blue beckoning cat 1955) is a Kyo-ware potter*SHIPPING OPTIONS VARY DEPENDING ON THE DESTINATION, PLEASE SCROLL TO THE END OF THIS LISTING FOR MORE DETAILS. This listing is for an Omuro ware chakin zutsu and bonkinire set made around 20 years ago by noted potter, Kitamura Wazen IV. A chakin zutsu is a container for chakin, a chakin being a cloth to wipe chawan. These small containers are also referred to as kinto. The bonkinire is larger than a chakin zutsu, and functions as a container to hold