Bizen Guinomi

This is a latest Bizen sake cup by the popular young artist Yoshiteru Kōriki, an apprentice to the master Sozan Kaneshige. It is a piece of "Black Bizen" in the Kōriki style, created using clay that naturally turns black when fired. Rather than a cool black, it has a warm black surface texture reminiscent of melted chocolate. The interior features a generous amount of slightly scorched yellow sesame glaze; the fine ridges not only help swirl the sake well, but also highlight its clarity, allowing you to fully enjoy it. Signed wooden box (shiho-san style)
Diameter 6.6cm x 6.4cm x Height 6.8cm Yoshiteru Kōriki was born in Ako City, Hyogo Prefecture. Influenced by his father, who loved ceramics, he aspired to pursue the path of pottery. After graduating from high school, he began his apprenticeship under the master Sozan Kaneshige and his son Yuho in 1989 to learn ceramic techniques. After seven years of training, he established his own climbing kiln in Shizutani, Bizen City in 1996 and set out on his own, successfully firing his first kiln the following year. He held his first solo exhibition in Tokyo in 2000, and has held solo exhibitions every year since. In 1999, his work was selected for the "Exhibition of Confectionary Containers of the North," and in 2002, it was selected for the "Exhibition of Tea Ceremony Ceramics" for the first time.