Company Name
Akishinokama
Year of establishment
1976
Type of industry
making pottery and sales
Main products
Pottery
Post code
999-3124
Company address
1089-2 Kanaoi Kaminoyama Yamagata Japan
Representative
Noboru Jinbo
Person in charge
Akiko Jinbo
T E L
+81-23-673-3158
F A X
+81-23-673-3158
Main selling channels
Gallery sited our studio, shops, museum shops
EC sales results
domestic EC site
Available language
Japanese
In 1976, We, Noboru and Hiroko Jinbo, started to make pottery works in Kaminoyama city where a Japanese well-known poet Mokichi Saito was born. Our studio is located at the foot of Mt.Sankichi, in the east of Kaminoyama, and there are a lot of nature around our pottery studio. We painted some wildflowers and birds we can see around the studio using overglazed painting and underglazed iron painting. Then, our daughter Akiko Jinbo and her husband Yasunobu Wakabayashi started to work together, so there are four potters in this studio now. As each of us makes own works by using own pottery technique, for examples, Yasunobu uses "incrustation technique" called "zougan" in Japanese and persues black glazing, and Akiko mainly uses "deisai" in Japanese painting with colored mud on greenware. Styles of our works are different respectively, so you can see four styles of works at the gallery sited our studio.
Our thought is `modern crafts into our daily lives ' which is based on crafts movement occurred in 1970 in Japan. We think that using well-made things or beutiful things in daily life makes people comfortable. The goal we are aiming as a potter is to make works sincerely and to persue its quality. We'd like to express our efforts to be good potters into daily-use items such as cups, bowls, plates, vases, etc not into special art works.
Brand name
Akishinokama
Product name
Single flower vase bird design
Generic name
Vase
Materials
Clay
Person in Charge
Hiroko Jinbo
Production area
Kaminoyama Yamagata Japan
Size
9.8 × 9.8 × 11cm
Weight
365g
Domestic retail price
JPY7,150 (tax included)
One of the decorative styles that Hiroko Jinbo excels at the most, this design features a bird motif executed in light-hued enamels over a white-glazed black body. The bud vase goes especially well with unpretentious flowering plants.
Brand name
Akishinokama
Product name
Free cup leaf design 1
Generic name
Cup
Materials
Clay
Person in Charge
Noboru Jinbo
Production area
Kaminoyama Yamagata Japan
Size
φ7 × 9.6cm
Weight
171g
Domestic retail price
JPY2,970 (tax included)
This simple design features enamel decoration in a plant and leaf motif over white glaze. The shape fits the hand well, making the cup easy to hold. It represents one of the classic Noboru Jinbo styles.
Brand name
Akishinokama
Product name
Free cup bird design 2
Generic name
Cup
Materials
Clay
Person in Charge
Hiroko Jinbo
Production area
Kaminoyama Yamagata Japan
Size
φ7.4 × 9.8cm
Weight
184g
Domestic retail price
JPY2,970 (tax included)
White glaze is applied over a black body, on which a single lingering bird has been painted. The inside of the cup is white. The shape fits the hand well, making the cup easy to hold.
Brand name
Akishinokama
Product name
Line designed Mug
Generic name
Mug
Materials
Clay
Person in Charge
Yasunobu Wakabayashi
Production area
Kaminoyama Yamagata Japan
Size
φ8.2 × 8.4cm
Weight
188g
Domestic retail price
JPY3,080 (tax included)
In a style excelled at by Yasunobu Wakabayashi, fine inlaid lines are combined with black glaze for a sophisticated design. The inside of the cup is black as well.
Brand name
Akishinokama
Product name
Line Painted Mug bird design
Generic name
Mug
Materials
Clay
Person in Charge
Akiko Jinbo
Production area
Kaminoyama Yamagata Japan
Size
φ8.2 × 8.7cm
Weight
227g
Domestic retail price
JPY3,080 (tax included)
This cup is slip-decorated with a central bird motif on a background of brown vertical lines. It is one of Akiko Jinbo's hallmark designs. The inside of the cup has a similar color to the handle.
Brand name
Akishinokama
Product name
Small single flower vase plant design
Generic name
Vase
Materials
Clay
Person in Charge
Noboru Jinbo
Production area
Kaminoyama Yamagata Japan
Size
6.8 × 6.8 × 8.5cm
Weight
145g
Domestic retail price
JPY3,300 (tax included)
Small vase finished with white glaze and a painted smartweed motif.
Brand name
Akishinokama
Product name
House (Tou no ie) (S)
Generic name
interiour object
Materials
Clay
Person in Charge
Akishinokama
Production area
Kaminoyama Yamagata Japan
Size
(approx.) 2.5×2.5×2.5cm (1 piece)
Weight
20-30g
Domestic retail price
JPY440 (1 piece) (tax included)
Small enough to fit in your hand, these tiny ceramic houses are fun to display at home or on your desk. No two are exactly the same size, shape and color due to the handmade nature of the product.
Brand name
Akishinokama
Product name
House (Tou no ie) (L)
Generic name
interiour object
Materials
Clay
Person in Charge
Akishinokama
Production area
Kaminoyama Yamagata Japan
Size
(approx.) 3×2.2-3.3×4.5-6.5cm (1 piece)
Weight
70-90g
Domestic retail price
JPY1,100 (1 piece) (tax included)
Taller versions of the ceramic house. No two are exactly the same size, shape and color due to the handmade nature of the product.
Brand name
Akishinokama
Product name
House(Tou no ie) (A set)
Generic name
interiour object
Materials
Clay, wood (plate)
Person in Charge
Akishinokama
Production area
Kaminoyama Yamagata Japan
Size
20×10cm (plate) , hight 6-6.5cm(approx.)
Weight
316g
Domestic retail price
JPY4,730 (1 set) (tax included)
Seven small ceramic houses and one large ceramic house are included in this townscape set, which also includes a wood display base. Please leave the selection of houses to us--we will make the selection according to your color preference.
Single flower vase bird design
Free cup leaf design 1
Free cup bird design 2
Line designed Mug
Line Painted Mug bird design
Small single flower vase plant design
House (Tou no ie) (S)
House (Tou no ie) (L)
House(Tou no ie) (A set)
