{"product_id":"p6199","title":"Bizen Sake Cup","description":"This Bizen sake cup is by Takashi Soga, who challenges the aesthetic of the past by recreating the environment of the era when Old Bizen was fired.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nTo replicate the kiln-firing style of the Old Bizen period, he does not use firebricks, which did not exist at the time, but instead fires his pieces in a kiln made entirely of clay—a process where modern firing conventions do not apply.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe clay kiln itself acts as one massive piece of pottery, which is why it produces an exquisite \"tsuchiaji\" (earthy texture) that transcends modern beauty and rivals that of Old Bizen.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWith each firing in Soga's kiln, the clay structure itself undergoes transformation, causing the finish of the works to constantly change; this time, it resulted in the brightest scarlet surface seen to date.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe scarlet itself is not the soft hue of a climbing kiln, but a color that has shifted into a deep red as part of the clay's body after being thoroughly fired.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nCombined with a subtle, lead-colored \"haikaburi\" (ash-covered) kiln transformation, the piece achieves a landscape of scarlet and black-silver, reminiscent of the ash-covered effects seen in climbing kilns, yet entirely distinct in nature.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIt presents a mysterious landscape of Old Bizen-style ash-covered transformation, as if a potter from the Old Bizen era had time-traveled to the present and reinterpreted the climbing kiln effects they witnessed in their own unique way.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWhile maintaining the simple forms of his previous works, this piece is crafted with a slightly thicker body.\n\nSigned wooden box to follow (please note that shipment will take some time).\u003cbr\u003e\nDiameter 6.3cm x 6.3cm x Height 5.3cm\n\nTakashi Soga was born in Tokyo in 1984.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe apprenticed under Jun Isezaki in 2009, and in 2012, he built a kiln made entirely of clay without firebricks in Kuguï, Bizen City.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe became independent and began his career as a potter in 2013.","brand":"曽我 尭","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46618710868065,"sku":"6199","price":16500.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9916\/8865\/files\/6199.jpg?v=1790240950","url":"https:\/\/www.tourakuen.jp\/en\/products\/p6199","provider":"川口陶楽苑","version":"1.0","type":"link"}