Kojiro Ban

ＹＡＫＩＳＩＭＥ　is Old Style Japanease Traditional Pottery.

Unglazed erthenwere “yakisime”is fired in the most primitive type of kiln called

ana－gama(literally“cave－kiln”).The firing at a high temperature gose on for as long as

a week, at the end of one firing, we usually end up having used well over two thousand

bundles of firewood such as nara and kunugi(both of the oak family). Ashes in the kiln

fall on a vessel, on the surface of which they melt and form an unpredictable natural

glaze. Thus, a particular combination of ashes and flame create a different pattern, or

what we call “scene” on the surface,each time.