- Gray Shino Round Plate Half Moon 丸皿 半月, 2008
- Gray Shino Round Plate -Reeds- 丸皿, 2008
- Gray Shino "Hanging" Flower Vase 鼠志野花生
- Oribe Leaf Shaped plate 木の葉 皿
- Nezumi (Gray) Shino Plates 鼠志野 豆皿, 1980's
- Shino Mukozuke, Set of 5 志野向付
- Nezumi Shino Platter, Impressions of a Bamboo Grove 長皿
- Shino Incense Box 志野香合
- Oribe Incense Box 織部香合
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Descended from a long line of potters, Wakao Toshisada began working at his father's kiln as a young teenager. By day he assisted in his father's work, but in the evenings Wakao developed his own personal artistic style. He found the most success in a novel form of the traditional Shino ware, in which he incorporates delicate Rimpa school-style painting on the surface.
The Shino technique dates back to the 16th century in Japan. The lore surrounding the style holds that one Japanese master traveled to China, and upon his return he tried to recreate the beautiful white porcelain he had seen there. While unsuccessful in his original goal, this master instead created what we now know as Shino. Wakao has transformed the Shino tradition by coming to his work as a painter would approach a canvas.