Yoshizo Asami IV Nodate Firefly Chawan #2 large vintage plate He has been given the

He has been given the name ‘Kisaemon’ but has since retired from making tea utensils

but now he produces a range of copper furnaces using various casting methods and techniques

Higaki married into the family and began to take students of his own

is credited with creating the Doan style of furo during the Sengoku Period (1477-1573)

The lid is the tomo-buta type

Yoshizo Asami IV Nodate Firefly Chawan #2 large vintage plate He has been given the*SHIPPING OPTIONS VARY DEPENDING ON THE DESTINATION, PLEASE SCROLL TO THE END OF THIS LISTING FOR MORE DETAILS. This listing is for a SMALL nodate size chawan made by Yoshizo Asami IV. It is wheel thrown and decorated with hotaru, or fireflies as they are known in English. A popular pastime during the rainy season is to go hotaru gari, which means hunting for fireflies. Fireflies inhabit small streams and rice fields, and they have appeared in