Journal · 手記 · Technique and the mark
Eimei: thrown, or pressed and pared
24 October 2026
An oval in namako glaze, 18.3 cm. The recorded account of how Eimei worked explains why even his production pots carry hand finishing — and his own oval seal is on this foot.
At a glance
- Maker
- Eimei 英明
- Born
- 1960
- Region
- Tokoname
- Father
- Yōzan, a pot maker and a glaze man of standing
- This pot
- Oval, namako glaze, 18.3 cm (7.2 in)
- Mark on this foot
- His oval seal, 英明
01 · 技法 How the pots were made
Thrown, or pressed and pared
His range runs to glazed small and medium pots. Rounds went on the wheel; everything else was press-moulded. The moulded pieces were taken thick and then pared back, so even the production work has hand finishing in it.
Some pieces are close to one-offs and some are made in numbers. When you look at one of his pots, look at the edges and the underside for signs of the paring described in the record.
02 · 志 Two aims
Within reach, and his own
Two aims are recorded for him together: to be a good craftsman putting affordable goods within reach, and to express something of his own as a maker. The pots are made on both sides of that.
03 · 落款 The foot
His own oval seal
His own oval seal, 英明, is on this pot’s foot — the basis on which we list it as his. His maker page sets out his recorded marks.
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- Eimei 英明 — maker pageHis glaze, his marks and his background
- Yozan 耀山 — maker pageHis father
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