信楽の定番、蹲の壷。肩にある桧垣紋と言われる文様は、元々種壷や保存食材を入れておく容器で在ったためか厄除けの意味があります。口造りは鼠避けと言われて、返し口となっています。　蹲の語源は人が蹲っている姿に近いところからなずけられたと思われます。

A classic Shigaraki item, the tsukuwa jar. The pattern on the shoulder, known as the Higakimon crest, has a meaning of warding off evil spirits, perhaps because the jar was originally a container for storing seeds or preserved ingredients. The opening is designed to ward off mice, with a turned mouth. The origin of the word tsukuwa (squishing pot) is thought to come from the fact that it resembles the appearance of a person crouching.

定番、信楽の壷。焼き味は色々ありますが、土味、ビードロは信楽独特です。

A classic, Shigaraki jar. There are various types of pottery, but the earthenware and glass-like texture are unique to Shigaraki.

信楽　丸壺　　

W　35cm   H　37cm

 Shigaraki Round Vase

窯変の掛かったしがらきの壷。自然釉の流れが綺麗です。

A Shigaraki vase with kiln changes. The natural flow of the glaze is beautiful.

伏せ焼といわれる技法で　壺の口に藁を巻き

鉢などをかぶせて焼成してあります。

Using a technique called "Fusase-yaki," the mouth of the jar is wrapped in straw and then covered with a pot or other object before being fired.

 鐸の壺

滋賀県でも　多く 造られたと思われる銅鐸。

フォルムをやきもので表現してみました。

Bronze bell jar

Many bronze bells are thought to have been made in Shiga Prefecture.

I tried to express their form using pottery.