Detail: Joan B. Mirviss Ltd will present the work of several seminal modern and contemporary Japanese potters working from the Eastern regions of Japan. Through history, attention on traditional Japanese clay has been predominated by ceramics of Western Japan, as represented by works from potters' studios throughout the Kyoto, Hagi, Bizen, Kanazawa and Arita regions. It is only in the 20th century that ceramics have taken hold in Eastern Japan; this has given these contemporary ceramicists a far greater independence and artistic freedom than their counterparts in the tradition-bound West. Our exhibition focuses on artists who best represent this new tradition and will include works by National Treasures Hamada Shoji, Matsui Kosei and Shimaoka Tatsuzo, and contemporary masters Ito Tadashi, Kawase Shinobu, Ogata Kamio, Ono Kotaro, Sakiyama Takayuki, and Wada Morihiro.