A beautiful rectangular bonsai pot. It features sharp, straight, and angular corners, known as kittate. Signed by Aiba Kouchirou and delicately glazed in white. From Tokoname.
Handmade pot by Aiba Kouchirou born in 1944, the son of a potter whose family had specialized in plant pots and tableware, the kiln founded by his grandfather. In the early 1970s Aiba Kouichirou built a new kiln, changed the name to Koyo Toen, and began making bonsai pots. This kiln was known as "The Kouyou Pottery Garden" based in Tokoname. He is the father of the kiln's current director, Koyo Juko, and the husband of Koyo Kouso.