I received an Oribe Dora bowl by Rosanjin.
"It's going to be a water jar, so put a lid on it!" I felt a little nervous, but also comfortable.
I love collaborating with other people's work.
By maintaining a balance between being neither better nor worse, you can measure your own strength.
It seems that they will be displayed alongside the other things I have made in this exhibition.

Tohru Matsuzaki

Open the lid

It has been 50 years since dyer and weaver Keisuke Serizawa found Matsuzaki Tohru's frames, put his own glass paintings and stencil dyeing in them, and made a big splash. Matsuzaki's lacquer woodwork, which looks like something from the Yi Dynasty or Negoro, and seems to have come out of an old storehouse, is rough, yet somehow nostalgic and warm.
He will be celebrating his 77th birthday on October 10th, which is Health and Sports Day. I would love to celebrate with everyone, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I have decided to refrain from doing so.
Last fall, I got my hands on a Rosanjin Oribe bowl. I immediately thought of putting a Matsuzaki Tohru lid on it and turning it into a water jar.
So he ended up making the lid.
I have made many lids with lacquer, red lacquer and black lacquer. I have also made water jar lids for my teacher, Tatsuzo Shimaoka, my friend, Shiro Tsujimura, and my brother, Ken Matsuzaki.
The lid is used to indicate the beginning of something, such as "opening the lid" or "starting the fire." Since turning 77, Tohru Matsuzaki has been creating a variety of works with lids. They are a little thinner than before. Also new.
His creative drive has never faded, and even after 35 years of being together, he still excites me.

Keiko Aono, Ippodo