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Onishi Gallery is proud to proud to feature the best of Japanese metalwork and represents many of its leading contemporary practitioners, including nine who have been designated Living National Treasures. Our exhibition, “Heated Colors, Hammered Forms: Female Metal Artists of Japan,” turns the spotlight on the contribution made by women to the revival of this demanding art form, highlighting four female artists who are distinct in their personal modes of expression, but united in their embrace and adaptation of traditional methods.

Learn more about Female Metal Artists of Japan.

Ōhi Chōzaemon Toyasai X's (Tenth Generation) new collection at Onishi Gallery speaks to the years of history and technique; showcasing select pieces with his son, Ōhi Toshio Chōzaemon XI (Eleventh Generation). 

As seen here, Ohi Amber Tea Bowl (2013),  is a collaboration piece, incorporating conversations on their 400 year family history carrying the torch down from father-to-son. Ōhi (both a family and ware name) works are associated with Raku, as Chōzaemon studied with a Raku master in Kyoto. By the time of the Meiji Restoration in 1868, Raku made by the Ōhi family was used exclusively by the Maeda-group for tea ceremonies and can be distinctly noted being passed down from father-to-son. 

Learn about the history of Ohi Ware