1986 Tokoname

My brother, Russ, attended the workshop at Tokoname in 1986 for five weeks and then traveled for two weeks around Japan. Nice legs Russ!

20th Asahi Competition, 1986

The name says it all.

1986 Mashiko

An image of a storefront in Mashiko.

Takita Koichi, 1986

Showroom and workshops of porcelain artist Takita Koichi.

Shinsaku Hamada 1986

The Hamada studios still producing ware. Quite the contrast to images we have from 2004 trip.

Tatsuzo Shimaoka 1986

Ready to load the kiln for a firing.

Onda Village, 1986

A few images are reproductions from slides of images from a book about Onda pottery. We haven’t a clue from what book it came from. If anyone knows of the book these black and white images came from please email me. Thanks

Pot Images

These are mostly images of pots purchased on the ‘86 trip.