The pottery in Echizen is fired chiefly at higher temperatures. Therefore, the pottery in Echizen often has the warmth of clay. Hiroshi Teshigahara pottery often took on distorted shapes. I felt his pottery, the warmth of the clay from distorted shapes, even if glaze pottery.

*Hiroshi Teshigahara has another well-known face as an award-winning filmmaker. The adaption film of Kobo Abe’s novel with the same title, “Woman in the Dunes,” won numerous awards. Hiroshi passed away in 2001. He introduced Japanese traditional culture – ikebana, tea ceremony, and pottery worldwide.