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Kawai Kanjirō (河井 寬次郎) was born in 1890, in Yasugi, Shimane. He was a Japanese potter and a key figure in mingei and studio pottery movements. He is widely regarded as a master of glazes, especially of warm red copper (shinsha or yuriko - one of his trademark colors), rich brown iron (tetsu-yu), chrome and cobalt (gosu). As a potter he sought to combine modern methods of manufacture with traditional Japanese and English designs. He was also an artist, calligrapher, sculptor, writer and philosopher. Like his lifelong friend Hamada, Kawai never signed his work; his pots were made in many asymmetrical shapes and show techniques such as tsutsugaki (slip-trailed decoration), ronuki (wax-resist) or hakeme (white slip). His house in Gojōzaka, Kyoto, is now a museum. [Biographical information from Wikipedia]

Born: 1890
Died: 1966