Journal · 手記 · Glaze, form, foot
A teal rectangle by Reiho: the surface first, then the foot
14 October 2026
A long rectangle in a speckled teal glaze, with a band around the waist. Look at the glaze, then the form — and then turn it over, because the foot tells a different part of the story.
At a glance
- Maker
- Reiho 黎鳳
- Region
- Tokoname
- Form
- Rectangle with a waist band, on small feet
- Size
- 31.8 cm (12.5 in)
- Surface
- Teal glaze
01 · 釉 The surface
One colour from a distance, many up close
From across a table the pot reads as a single blue-green. Close to, the glaze is blue-green with a dense scatter of pale brown speckles, and it runs to grey at the foot.
That is the first thing to look for in any glazed pot: not the name of the colour, but what the surface does — where it gathers, where it thins, and how it ends at the foot.
02 · 作家 The maker
Glaze, in Tokoname
When Reiho started in Tokoname, few makers there worked mainly in glaze. He pursued the colours of the old Chinese imports and was recorded among the makers who represent glazed bonsai ware for Japan, not only Tokoname.
What he is credited with is a fully vitrified body under a soft finish.
03 · 形 The form
A band around the waist
The long rectangle is held by a band around the waist and stands on small feet. The band is a line to follow: look along the long side and let your eye run with it.
04 · 落款 The foot
Not the mark on record
The mark on this pot’s foot is not the impression documented for him. The documented one is 黎鳳造, cut intaglio as a tall upright seal; this one stands proud of the clay inside a rounded rectangular frame.
We describe what is visible and do not force an identification. His maker page sets out both.
Available from YAKUMO JAPAN
See this pot on eBayRead further
- Reiho 黎鳳 — maker pageBackground and the documented marks
- Clay & GlazeHow glazes are named and read
- Index of marksDocumented marks by maker
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