Akio Kondo, senpai to Boon and a fellow student of Kihachiro Kamiya, is in town to do bonsai for a month. Summer is slow for bonsai professionals in Japan which makes it a good time for them to visit. Akio will very busy here wiring and styling trees and leading a few workshops. He also brought several beautiful old pots with him. My favorite features frogs.
Dancing frogs
Landscape scene with pine and tea
Landscape scene with boat and mountains
Lush landscape scene
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Sam says
Hi great photos. These are not actually antique pots as they are made by Tsukinowa-Yusen son. His father is an incredible pot maker and currently the most valuable in Japan due to the forgeries of Tokufuji’s pots.
Here is a link to his father’s pot: http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~masumi-t/yusen2.html
Regardless these are wonderful pots fashioned after his very famous father and very costly. His father’s pots start at around $4,500 per pot and go up very quickly in price.