Pucker Gallery


ONDA YAKI NIHON MINGEI YAKIMONO Represented by Pucker Gallery since 2002 Most Recent Exhibition: Onda Yaki: Japanese Folk Ceramics 31 March 2007 - 22 April 2007

In his search for true Mingei pottery, the Japanese philosopher Soetsu Yanagi discovered the community of Onda Sarayama on the island of Kyushu in Japan. Onda Sarayama (Japanese for "Plate Mountain") was founded as a potting community in 1705. Little has changed about the process and aesthetics of ceramic production in Onda since that time. Currently, ten of the fourteen families inhabiting the area participate in pottery production; the eldest son is the only person who can throw the pottery, the clay is dug from nearby sources, a water powered clay pounder still operates twenty-four hours a day, glazes are made from local materials, and all pieces are still fired in a noborigama (climbing kiln). This community of potter-families works together to create traditional, iron rich, stoneware functional pieces. There is a strong focus on slip decoration via brushwork, chattering and dripping with a free and energetic approach. Works from this community of potters have recently been accepted into the Duxbury Art Complex (Massachusetts) and the Sackler Museum at Harvard (Massachusetts). The Gallery is proud to bring this tradition to the Boston area.



	Onda Yaki Large Plate stoneware 3 ½ x 16 x 16" ON972	Onda Yaki Hake Sun Sara Plate stoneware 2 x 9 ½ x 9 ½" each ON954-ON957
	Onda Yaki Mizusashi Small Pitcher stoneware 6 x 6 x 4" each ON1016, 1017, 1036, 1037	Onda Yaki Lidded Jar stoneware 17 ½ x 12 x 12" ON864
	Onda Yaki Igou Tokuri Bottles stoneware 4 x 2 ¼ x 2 ¼" each ON894-907	Onda Yaki Slender Jar stoneware 14 ¾ x 8 ½ x 8 ½" ON865
	Onda Yaki Aoyu Syaku Sara Large Plate stoneware 3 ½ x 16 x 16" ON1002	Onda Yaki Ameshironagashi Suirenbachi Large Jar stoneware 9 ¾ x 16 ¾ x 16 ¾" ON910
	Onda Yaki Kuroyu Goutu Ogame Large Jar stoneware 17 x 15 ½ x 15 ½" ON932	Onda Yaki Shironagashi Itotsubo Lidded Jar stoneware 17 x 15 x 15" ON914
	Onda Yaki Nukitobikanna Totsubo Lidded Jar stoneware 17 ½ x 13 x 13" ON933	Onda Yaki Ameyu To Game Middle Jar stoneware 17 x 7 ½ x 7 ½" ON1000