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Ceramic, with its original wooden box (tomobako).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the maker\u003c\/strong\u003e — Tatsuzo Shimaoka (1919–2007) was based in Mashiko, Tochigi Prefecture, and is known as a leading figure of Mashiko-yaki. Born in Tokyo to a family of cord-braiders, he studied ceramics at Tokyo Institute of Technology and apprenticed under Shoji Hamada, the potter who helped revive Mashiko ware. He developed Jomon-zogan (rope-pattern inlay), which combines rope-impressed decoration inspired by Jomon-period pottery with Korean-style slip inlay (mishima\/zogan). 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