The Seiji (Green) Nuka is Roger's synthetic with 5% copper

carb added. It is in his book.

Roger's Synthetic Nuka

Potspar 35.6
Whiting 21.8
Talc 2
Bone Ash 2
Ball Clay 5.9
Flint 29.7
ferro3134 3.0 (I have subbed wood ash)

add 4% to 5%copper for Sage (Seiji) in Oxidation (white without) Ox or Reduc

I use Nuka white over this tenmoku:

Temmoku cone 9-10

Whiting 17
Custer 33
EPK 10
Flint 40

R.Iron Ox 11

This was the shino I used in Minnesota:

Linda's Shino
Neph Sy 48
Spod 25
EPK 5
Ball Clay 8
SodaSpar 7
Soda ash 4%

Another you might enjoy:

Reeves Synthetic Mashiko Kaki

OM4 11.5
EPK 11.3
KonaF4 31.4
BoneAsh .5
Talc 5.2
Wollastonite 6.5
Silica 27.0
Spanish Irn Ox 6.4
TiO2 .5
MnO2 .2

LG Clear (I use this under Kaki with was resist:
Porcelain and Stoneware

Custer 27
OM4 14
Whiting 20.5
Flint 31.5
EPK 7

Please share any tests!

Kintaro's Ride in Mashiko

Tatsuzo Shimaoka Workshop Damage In Mashiko, Japan

Swift Cord DIWAJPJT

You can send an International Postal Money Order to:

 Fudeya Yoshiko

 4089-6 Mashiko, Mashiko-machi, Haga-gun, Tochigi Prefecture, 

Japan 321-4217

Make a note that it is for the Tatsuzo Fund.

Pre-Schoolers Near Our House In Mashiko. 2007

Shimaoka Crew, Not Long After I Arrived, Early 2000

Destruction At Hamada Museum

Mashiko Pottery Foundation

Shoji Hamada's Noborigama

After the Earthquake

Ken Matsuzaki writes:
I would like to thank you for your help to rebuild Mashiko. I appreciate very much everyone's favor.Having talked with the Mayer of Mashiko town, we agreed to set up the foundation between NPOs. It is called as "Mashiko Potter Foundation" to be used exclusively for the pottery. We will use it with care not to waste your favors. Please give my regards to everyone who are involved.      Ken Matsuzaki

Please refer to the following for details:

Please send the amount to MPF account listed below,

Account Name : MPF

Bank Name : The Ashikaga Bank,Ltd..

Mashiko branch

Bank Address : 967 Mashiko, Mashiko-machi, Haga-gun

Tochigi-ken, Japan 3214217 Tel:0285-72-2131

SWIFT CODE : ASIKJPJT

Account No. : ordinary account No.195-3009543

More from Ken Matsuzaki:

“Mashiko, the Sacred Place of Mingei”

by Ken Matsuzaki on Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 6:25am

Japan is almost crushed by the Tohoku Huge Earthquake Disaster which we have never experienced before.

In Mashiko, nearly all the Nobori kilns fell down, and Mashiko’s firing is about to go out.

We, potters, cannot help being shocked because the kiln is the soul of us. .

We cannot turn off this fire in “Mashiko, the Sacred Place of Mingei”, “Mashiko, Town of Handcraft”, which Shoji Hamada established. We must keep the smoke coming out of chimneys in Mashiko.

We are asking young potters to rebuild the Nobori kilns.

It is important to help each other to rebuild the kiln. We believe that this young power will revive “Mashiko, Town of Handcraft”

Also, the rebuilding of Mashiko Sankokan Museum, cultural heritage, which Shoji Hamada left, is must.

I will also rebuild my kilns and will do my best to contribute to Mashiko as well as all the places suffering from the Tohoku Disaster.

I would like to ask for your support. Thank you.

Ken Matsuzaki

Jizo Bottle

55 Chawan at 55 years old

Okinawan Funerary Urns.

Yanagi and Hamada got a call from Okinawa. A bunch of Okinawan Funerary Urns were going to be "plowed under" to make way for a new American airfield. They arrived in time to save a bunch of them. Here are some at Hamada's Museum.

Hamada Nobroigama

Mashiko Potter In Minneapolis

I mostly post here now, because I moved to Minnesota: http://mingeisota.blogspot.com/