Square tray with greenish yellow glaze, Funaki Kiln

The large dish in vibrant olive green is made with a modern and simple design typical of Funaki Kenji, the fifth generation. He studied under Hamada Shōji, before going on to win the Japanese Folk Crafts Museum Award in 1950. In 1967 he went to England to further study pottery at the potteries of Bernard and David Leach, fully acquiring the techniques for making slipware. He is known for large dishes, pitchers with handles, and so forth.