Bizen Rice Bowl

This Bizen rice bowl is by the popular young artist Yoshiteru Koriki, an apprentice of the master Sozan Kaneshige. Unlike his previous rice bowls, this piece uses mountain clay, resulting in a rich finish reminiscent of Ibe-te ware. The interior is generously coated with a layer of "goma" (ash glaze), while the exterior complements this with the iron content of the clay leaching out to form a unique, deep blackish-purple texture. The rich firing process gives the bowl a remarkably soft, rounded feel, making it an interesting vessel to use for whisking matcha at home, much like a mountain tea bowl (yamachawan). Paper box
Diameter 13.8cm × Diameter 13.3cm × Height 6.6cm Yoshiteru Koriki was born in Ako City, Hyogo Prefecture. Influenced by his father, who loved ceramics, he pursued a path in pottery. After graduating from high school, he studied ceramic techniques under the master Sozan Kaneshige and his son Yuho Kaneshige starting in 1989. After seven years of training, he established his own climbing kiln in Shizutani, Bizen City, in 1996 and successfully produced his first firing the following year. He held his first solo exhibition in Tokyo in 2000 and has held annual solo exhibitions since. In 1999, he was selected for the "Exhibition of Tea Sweets Vessels I Would Like to Use," and in 2002, he was selected for the "Exhibition of Tea Ceremony Forms" for the first time.