Hagi ware, 10th generation, Saka Koraizaemon, tea bowl, inscribed "Zui-nen", Soza (Seisai)

Hagi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, is a town with a rich history, famous for the "Matsushita-murajuku" where Shoin Yoshida, Hirobumi Ito, and other patriots at the end of the Edo period studied. In this town, which is often the setting for historical dramas and has a strong image of an ancient capital, there is a young potter who is attracting...