真右エ門窯

General information

昭和四七年に、初代真右ェ門（真一郎）が当時としては数少なかった大物造りに思いを馳せ真右ェ門窯を起こす。
初期においては染め付けの大物（二尺～三尺高）を造っていましたが、次第に窯変物へと変わってゆきます。
特に辰砂との出会いは後の真右ェ門窯に大きな影響をもたらすことになりました。
最近では「造りの冴え、釉の妙」をキャチフレーズに、ルビー色の辰砂や結晶釉などの窯変物を中心に、釉薬を巧みに操る釉彩の技法を得意とする窯元です。
In 1972, Shinemon I, born Shinichiro, started the Shinemon Kiln, aspiring to create large-sized ceramics, which was uncommon at the time. At the beginning, he applied sometsuke technique to his large ceramics, 2 to 3 feet in height, drawing patterns in deep-blue underglaze on a white background. His focus, however, gradually shifted to yohen technique, where unexpected colours and patterns emerge in the course of firing, depending on the chemical composition of the glaze. His encounter with cinnabar, in particular, would have a tremendous effect on the future of the Shinemon Kiln. Today, the Shinemon Kiln mainly creates yohen ware, using glazes such as ruby-red cinnabar and crystal glaze, and, with the slogan of “brilliance of form, amazing effect of glaze,” boasts its yusai technique with layers of different glazes fusing together to create beautiful gradation of colours.