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I received an injection against influenza at Asahi Life Insurance Adult Sickness Study Institute in Shinjuku. When I came to a plaza at the west entrance of Shinjuku station from the institute, I saw a big banner informing that an exhibition of works by Chin Jukan was being held at Odakyu Department Store.
A Ryotaro Shiba's essay taught me that a few pottery craftsmen were brought to Kyushu Island from Korea peninsula by Shogun Hideyoshi. They made a small settlement in Kagoshima and lived there for a few hundreds years without having much associations with the outside people, inheriting their traditional craftsmanship. Their works, which were called Satsuma Yaki, have been appreciated highly from Edo era. After Shiba's essay was published, TV reported frequently about these people as well as their works. So now the knowledge on this matter has become a common sense in Japan.
A friend of mine is keeping one of his works, an incense burner, which looks like a picture on a handout shown below. He brings it out on a table and observes it, when she feels good. He said also that Chin Jukan the fourteenth was a wonderful man.
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So I looked at a few of his works at the exhibition hall. I could understand that every one of his works was made with an extraordinary concentration as well as a huge energy. At a corner of hall, he was writing one of his poets on white pages of his works booklet. He looks active but fine, intelligent but gentle and is full of human affections.
The exhibition is held through 16th, this month. This is my recommendation.