Bizen Guinomi

This is a newly kiln-fired Bizen sake cup by Kosuke Kaneshige, the leader of the Kaneshige family, whose father was the great reviver of Bizen ware and Living National Treasure, Toyo Kaneshige. This piece features an excellent balance between a dark *hai-kaburi* (ash-covered) kiln-altered surface and the vibrant scarlet "hidasuki" markings created by rolling, allowing you to enjoy both the intensity of the firing and the surface's evolution in response to sake. Its deep black hue, possessing a unique presence like that of an ore, transitions dizzyingly through the *kumadori* (ash-covered border) into a brilliant scarlet, never failing to captivate the viewer. Naturally, the interior also exhibits the beautiful scarlet characteristic of the Kaneshige lineage, promising to delight you with the shift in color that is the greatest charm of Bizen ware as you use it. Signed wooden box (shiho-san)
Diameter 6.5cm x 6.3cm x Height 6.2cm Kosuke Kaneshige is the third son of Living National Treasure Toyo Kaneshige. He graduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts with a degree in sculpture in 1968 and completed his graduate studies in sculpture there in 1970. He began exhibiting his ceramic work in 1975, and after serving as a lecturer at Tokai University, he returned home in 1977. He built his own climbing kiln in 1982. He creates objects, tea utensils, vases, tableware, and sake vessels. In 1991, he created the ceramic wall piece "Light and Wind" for the Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Building in Okayama. He received the Japan Ceramic Society Award in 1994. In 1997, he exhibited at the Bizen Ware Paris Exhibition and has held solo exhibitions in Tokyo, Osaka, and other locations. In 2012, he was designated as an Okayama Prefecture Specified Important Intangible Cultural Property holder.