{"product_id":"p5858","title":"Bizen ware tea bowl","description":"This Bizen tea bowl is by Kosuke Kaneshige, the leader of the Kaneshige school, whose father was the legendary reviver of Bizen ware and Living National Treasure, Toyo Kaneshige. The bowl was fired in the traditional manner of the Kaneshige school, placed near the front stokehole of an ascending kiln. As the area directly in front of the stokehole receives the most intense heat, it accumulates a vast amount of natural ash glaze, resulting in a magnificent, candy-colored \"scorch sesame\" (koge-goma) effect on the front, while beautiful yellow and flowing \"sesame\" patterns adorn the rest of the surface—a finish that instantly identifies it as a work of the Kaneshige school. The clay body has been fired intensely, creating a smooth, highly lustrous texture ideal for a tea bowl, enhancing its perfection as Bizen ware not only in color but also in quality. In the tea reservoir (chadamari), the flowing sesame glaze appears like grains of gold dust, swirling as if in the fleeting moment of finishing a bowl of matcha, as if the kiln gods had enjoyed a taste before anyone else.\n\nSigned wooden box (shiho-san)\u003cbr\u003e\nDiameter 13.6cm x 13.5cm x Height 7.5cm\n\nKosuke Kaneshige is the third son of the 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 there in 1970. He began exhibiting ceramic works 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, flower vases, tableware, and sake vessels. In 1991, he created the ceramic mural \"Light and Wind\" for the Yasuda Fire and Marine Insurance Building in Okayama. He received the Japan Ceramic Society Award in 1994. In 1997, he participated in the Bizen Ware Paris Exhibition. He holds solo exhibitions in Tokyo, Osaka, and various other locations. In 2012, he was designated a Holder of Important Intangible Cultural Property by Okayama Prefecture.","brand":"金重晃介","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46618014679137,"sku":"5858","price":96000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9916\/8865\/files\/5858.jpg?v=1790231123","url":"https:\/\/www.tourakuen.jp\/en\/products\/p5858","provider":"川口陶楽苑","version":"1.0","type":"link"}