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Miyazaki Isseki was born in Osaka, Japan in 1920 and passed away in 1984. Many of his pots heavily use white space in his paintings. To us a number of his pots have a loneliness to them others, like the one we present today, are full of life.
Most of his pots are red or blue with a few using multiple colors. This pot which we acquired less than a year ago is vibrant with color. We have not researched the scenes on this pot yet but intend to do so over the next few months.
Miyazaki Isseki
This pot contains one continuous scene painted on the four sides of the pot. We love how he even used the feet as a part of the canvas.
Miyazaki Isseki
A more typical Isseki painting with lot of white (negative) space. It will be interesting to see the reaction to this pot from a number of our readers. We believe it will fall into one of three camps: 1) Love it; 2) Hate it; or 3) Admire the paintings but wouldn’t see a use for it as a bonsai pot.
It has been used as you can see there are traces of dirt in the interior and underside of the pot. We have absolutely no idea what this pot might have held but understand that the pot for the last 20 years has been on a shelf in a collector’s home in Japan.
As this is perhaps KJ’s favorite pot, we are quite happy it now sits on a beautiful stand in our home.
Miyazaki Isseki
Miyazaki Isseki
Miyazaki Isseki
Miyazaki Isseki
We are not sure what the writing on each scene might be but we hope it is a clue of sorts to the paintings.
Close-ups of the Isseki Pot
Miyazaki Isseki
Miyazaki Isseki
Miyazaki Isseki
Miyazaki Isseki Artist Mark
Miyazaki Isseki
Sam & KJ's Suiseki Blog (水石) 
WOW! The paintings alone (most likely done in glazes?) are incredible. These are most likely collectors items and not really pieces for bonsai use.
Still one of the best Isseki pots I’ve ever seen. I’m glad it’s found a home in the US!
We are too! We will also be glad when you are back at home in the US!
Always love Isseki overglaze enamels.
Get that thing out on the benches Sam, and here’s what it will look like in 30 years 🙂
http://www.minibonsai.jp/hati-syousai1-5.html
Identical in about 95% of the details, don’t you think? Almost like he was copying his own pot, rather than the original scroll! The one in the image looks like earlier work, the details aren’t quite as crisp and astringent.
Love this pot, thanks for sharing!