{"product_id":"p1974","title":"Black sake bottle","description":"This is a black sake flask by Masao Akiya, an artist who studied under Living National Treasure Jun Isezaki and creates works brimming with original personality infused with a modern sensibility. This is a very large, object-style piece, a format in which the Isezaki school, led by Jun Isezaki, excels. By shaping the mouth of the flask into a cylinder, the familiar motif of the \"tokkuri\" (sake flask) is transformed into something truly innovative. The thick application of ash creates a beautiful landscape, offering a magnificent interplay of textures against the black surface.\n\nA signed wooden box is not included (we can provide a quote should you wish to have one made).\u003cbr\u003e\nDiameter 24.8cm x Diameter 24.6cm x Height 58.0cm\n\nMasao Akiya was born in Saitama in 1968. He studied under Living National Treasure Jun Isezaki starting in 1998, and after ten years of training, he built his own kiln in Bizen and became independent in 2008. He held his first kiln firing in 2009. His work has been selected for the Tanabe Museum of Art's Tea Ceremony Sculpture Exhibition and the Japan Kōgei Association Chugoku Branch Exhibition, and he has received awards including the Prefectural Exhibition Prize and the Encouragement Prize at the Okayama Prefectural Art Exhibition.","brand":"秋谷昌央","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46618420674657,"sku":"1974","price":120000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9916\/8865\/files\/1974.jpg?v=1790235935","url":"https:\/\/www.tourakuen.jp\/en\/products\/p1974","provider":"川口陶楽苑","version":"1.0","type":"link"}