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| Sadamitsu Sugimoto "Wabi Sabi" World |
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| I built a hole kiln “Anagama”in the mountains of |
| Shigaraki area taking old Shigaraki and |
| old Iga pieces as model. |
| When I continued to make pottery |
| I met great Zen master Daiki Tachibana |
| who was respected as a great tea master of the Showa era. |
| And then he gave me a great theme |
| “Return to Momoyama”, |
| it means to learn the pottery |
| in Momoyama period 500 years ago. |
| Momoyama period is the days |
| when Japanese tea culture was blossoming gloriously. |
| After the tea ceremony had been introduced |
| in 12th century, the tea ceremony goods |
| had been imported from China, Korea and |
| Indochina, however they had not been |
| becoming fitted to the new concept |
| as “wabi-cha”, and then the leaders of tea ceremony |
| had begun to plan the distinctive tea-things in Japan . |
| Some were found among farmers tools, |
| for example Shigaraki ware. |
| And then the great master Sen-no-Rikyu |
| had produced famous “Raku chawan” |
| ordered to a potter named Chojiro. |
| It was the first tea pottery made in Japan. |
| Starting with Chojiro's Raku tea bowl |
| under the guidance of Rikyu |
| Iga, Bizen, Karatsu, Mino, etc. |
| taught by successor Furuta Oribe. |
| Furthermore, a great general artist |
| who was called Hon'ami Koetsu appeared |
| in the early Edo period, |
| He created a unique world at the pottery, |
| lacquer ware , ink writing etc. |
| Rikyu, Oribe, Koetsu. empathizing with their great art. |
| I have been continuing to devote myself to it |
| even after the death of the master Daiki. |
| I am challenging to make the "wabi sabi" world of my own. |
| On the other hand, the master Daiki said, |
| "Now, terurn to Rikyu." |
| He had been continuing to ring the alarm bell |
| to the modern times. |
| The spirit of "Wabi-Sabi" is required |
| particularly in the confused modern times, |
| I think deeply. |
| I try to express the heart of "Wabi-Sabi" |
| by not only pottery, so I am also challenging |
| the world of “Zen-picture” ink painting. |
| And then I was given a Dharma name “Genkaku” |
| by the great Zen master Kobori Taigen, |
| the president of Kenninji Temple in 2014. |
| In the future, I will continue to work as |
| "Genkaku Sadamitsu". |
