{"product_id":"p5932","title":"Karatsu-style sake cup","description":"A freshly fired Karatsu-style sake cup by Yoshiteru Koriki, an artist who pursues his own creative path without pretension, despite having studied under the masters Sozan Kaneshige and Yuho Kaneshige.\u003cbr\u003e\nThis latest work, fired in June 2020, is an ash-glazed sake cup using Bizen clay for its body.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nFollowing the tradition of Sozan Kaneshige, who excelled not only in Bizen pottery but also in glazed ceramics such as Shino and Karatsu, this sake cup was created using the slightly coarse clay characteristic of the Bizen region.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nTrue to the \"style\" in Karatsu-style, this is a hybrid piece that might be called a Bizen-Karatsu work; it does not feature the traditional \"chirimen-jiwa\" (crepe-like wrinkles) on the foot typical of Karatsu ware, but rather a foot consistent with his previous Bizen pieces.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nDue to the properties of the Bizen clay, there is no leakage through the soft-textured ash-glazed area. When filled with sake, the silver sand integrated into the glaze in the interior appears to vanish, creating a very subtle change in the scenery of the piece—a unique experience that is neither strictly Bizen nor Karatsu.\n\nSigned wooden box (shiho-san)\u003cbr\u003e\nDiameter 7.8cm × 7.6cm × Height 4.4cm\n\nYoshiteru Koriki was born in Ako City, Hyogo Prefecture, in 1970.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAfter graduating from high school, he studied ceramics for seven years under Sozan Kaneshige and Yuho Kaneshige starting in 1989.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe established his own climbing kiln in Shizutani, Bizen City, in 1996, and held his first firing the following year.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe held his first solo exhibition in Tokyo in 2000 and has held solo exhibitions every year since.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 2002, his work was selected for the Tea Ceremony Molding Exhibition for the first time.","brand":"高力芳照","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46618692943969,"sku":"5932","price":8800.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9916\/8865\/files\/5932.jpg?v=1790240700","url":"https:\/\/www.tourakuen.jp\/en\/products\/p5932","provider":"川口陶楽苑","version":"1.0","type":"link"}