Makers · 作家 · Seto
Mazan
真山b. 1937
Mazan worked in Seto. He made moulded plant pots before turning to handmade bonsai pots around 1985. Mazan is his art name; the pottery associated with his work was 寺畑陶園.
At a glance
- Art name
- Mazan 真山
- Reading
- まざん
- Real name
- 寺畑鋭荘
- Born
- 1937
- Region
- Seto 瀬戸
- Pottery
- 寺畑陶園
- Earlier work
- Moulded plant pots
- From about 1985
- Handmade bonsai pots
- From about 1991–92
- Unglazed clay pots
- Body
- Seto clay blended with Tokoname and Chinese clay
- Firing
- Gas kiln, about 1200°C
- Documented form
- 真山造・寺畑陶園 — a framed stamp
01 · 経歴 His life
From moulds to the hand
Mazan 真山 was born in 1937. His real name was 寺畑鋭荘.
His earlier work was plant pots made in moulds. Around 1985 he turned to making bonsai pots by hand.
Around 1991 to 1992 he began making unglazed clay pots, 泥物 deimono.
For Seto itself — its kilns, the porcelain revival of 1807 and the other makers behind Seto bonsai pots — see Seto.
02 · 土と焼成 The work
The clay and the fire
For his body he blended Seto clay with clay from Tokoname and from China.
He fired in a gas kiln, at about 1200°C.
He also made pots to order.
03 · 落款 The mark
A documented form of the mark
One documented form is a framed stamped mark reading 真山造・寺畑陶園. Other forms may exist.
The mark joins his art name with 造, made by, and the name of the pottery.
| Mark | Reading | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 真山造・寺畑陶園 | Mazan-zō, with the pottery name | A framed stamp. |
Reading a mark
What we can — and cannot — tell you
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We do not issue authentications, and where a mark is beyond what we can read, we will say so rather than guess.