Elegant semi-cascade bonsai pot. Glazed in green by master Watanabe Kakuyuki, from the Kakuzan kiln in Tokoname. Small damage to the enamel on one of its legs.
Watanabe Kakuyuki, the author's real name, is the fourth generation of Kakuzan and the first to dedicate himself exclusively to bonsai ceramics. Kakuyuki was born in 1949 (Showa 24). He is listed as a master ceramicist by the Tokoname local government. His father, Yukio, a third-generation Kakuzan, was his teacher, and today Kakuyuki is training his son, Koho.