Born in Ishikawa Prefecture, where Japanese painted porcelain known as Kutani ware has flourished for many centuries, Takegoshi inherited the polychrome overglaze techniques from his father Takegoshi Taizan III (1919-1984), also a master in this tradition. Trained at university in traditional nih... Read more
Born in Ishikawa Prefecture, where Japanese painted porcelain known as Kutani ware has flourished for many centuries, Takegoshi inherited the polychrome overglaze techniques from his father Takegoshi Taizan III (1919-1984), also a master in this tradition. Trained at university in traditional nihonga painting, Takegoshi Jun approaches his white hand-built porcelain vessels as three-dimensional canvases, artfully applying jewel-like glazes to depict various species of birds, flowers and plants in carefully painted, sometimes whimsical compositions. He has uniquely adapted and expanded upon the old Kutani traditional go-sai five-color palette of peacock blue, mustard yellow, eggplant purple, brick red, and emerald green. Through his painterly use of these rich, delicately graded polychrome enamels on visually flat, white porcelain, Takegoshi highlights the push and pull between surface and depth, adding to the contemporary sensibility of his vessels.
