Bizen tea bowl

This is a new Bizen tea bowl by Koichiro Isezaki, who was born as the eldest son of Living National Treasure Jun Isezaki and who breathes new life into the world of Bizen ware with his exceptional sense and masterful modeling skills. Its soft, enveloping form, reminiscent of a Koetsu tea bowl, possesses a warm and gentle atmosphere only achievable with an earthen bowl. The base and the interior are generously covered with *hidasuki* (fire-cord) markings, creating a tranquil world composed solely of the white of the clay and the red of the *hidasuki*. Precisely because it is composed simply of white and red, the moment I picked it up, it vividly evoked the experience of whisking fresh green matcha. Simple, minimal, and distilled to the bare essentials, this piece possesses a perfected worldview that can be called a kind of ultimate form for an earthen tea bowl.

View blog post about Koichiro Isezaki's sake cups Signed wooden box to follow (please allow some time for delivery)
Diameter 12.5cm x Diameter 12.1cm x Height 11.0cm Koichiro Isezaki was born as the eldest son of Living National Treasure Jun Isezaki. The Isezaki family is a prestigious lineage of Bizen pottery; his grandfather was the Intangible Cultural Property holder Yozan Isezaki, and his uncle was the Intangible Cultural Property holder Mitsuru Isezaki. Koichiro aspired to be a potter from an early age. After graduating from the Department of Sculpture at Tokyo Zokei University in 1994, he studied abroad in the United States. He studied pottery for approximately two years under New York-based ceramic artist Jeff Shapiro, significantly broadening his perspective on art and ceramics. After returning to Japan in 2000, he trained under his father alongside his father's other disciples. He first exhibited and was selected for the Tanabe Museum of Art Tea Ceremony Exhibition in 2002.