Kobashigawa Eishō (小橋川永昌, 1909–1978) was a potter born in Tsuboya, a district within the Okinawan capital of Naha, Japan.Honolulu Museum of Art, wall label, Lacquer and Clay: Okinawan Art, May 10, 2018 - September 23, 2018 He is considered one of the "Three Potters of Tsuboya" (Tsuboya no sannin otoko), along with Kinjō Jirō and Aragaki Eisaburō. Kobashigawa Eishō studied pottery with his father Kobashigawa Niō and is also known as Kobashigawa Niō II.Samurai Wiki Eishō is credited with rediscovering the local materials used for the distinctive red enamel (aka-e) that characterized traditional Okinawan ceramics.Honolulu Museum of Art, wall label, Lacquer and Clay: Okinawan Art, May 10, 2018 - September 23, 2018 The pictured jar, from the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art, is an example of how Kobashigawa Eishō revived the Ryukyu Kingdom's tradition of Tsuboya ware.
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