Japanese Vase with Leaves with Japanese Story. Translated from Japanese: with the earth earth. The earth is always here. If you think about it, what a strange existence. The earth grows plants and all living things in hundreds of billions of years. Even though he was always in front of me, he was distracted by a single flower in bloom or a nameless plant, but he never stopped his gaze on the earth itself. What exists casually beyond the gaze of people, that is the earth. While kneading the soil, I always think about the origin of this soil. Soil can continue to exist as it is... On the potter's wheel, it becomes a teacup, a flower vase, or a pot. What was originally a clump of soil changes its shape a little and becomes a thing. Then, it transforms into pottery in the kiln. But I think soil is soil. Casually, be there, don't insist. I like that kind of pottery. I am aiming for something that retains the soil itself, like the earth. Taihei-yaki kiln Kawarai Yoichiro 1732311106 Studio 2453 Tsuga, Fujioka-cho, Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi Prefecture FAX0282-62-5810 Home phone 0282-43-1022 Size: 12 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. #1958