{"product_id":"p6242","title":"Bizen Sake Cup","description":"This is a new Bizen sake cup (guinomi) by Masashiro Aiga, an artist who creates works that are unfailingly straightforward and have true backbone.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nYou can enjoy the expressions of clay color and firing that can only be born from exhaustive firing—a hallmark of Aiga-sensei, who specializes in the firing process among the many Bizen ware artists.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nGenerally, the more Bizen ware is fired, the harder and more compact the surface becomes, causing it to lose its color. However, this piece features a texture with an exquisite, moist-looking luster, and rich, colorful clay tones such as reddish-purple and brownish-tan.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nFurthermore, not only the firing color, but the texture of the clay surface itself is unique, possessing a \"yuzu-hada\" (citron skin) texture similar to glazed pottery.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nInside the cup, the yellow \"goma\" (ash glaze) from the firing process has flowed in all at once, creating a spectacular \"goma-nagare\" (flowing ash glaze) effect, as if you were scooping up and drinking natural glaze.\u003cbr\u003e\n\nSigned wooden box (shiho-san)\u003cbr\u003e\nDiameter 7.9cm x 7.3cm x Height 5.9cm\u003cbr\u003e\n\nMasashiro Aiga was born in Hiroshima Prefecture in 1972.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 1997, he graduated from the Okayama Prefectural Bizen Pottery Center.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 2003, he built a fully underground anagama kiln in Sabo.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe following year, he built his second kiln, a semi-underground anagama kiln, and continues to devote himself to his pottery.","brand":"相賀真志郎","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46618042302561,"sku":"6242","price":14000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9916\/8865\/files\/6242.jpg?v=1790231374","url":"https:\/\/www.tourakuen.jp\/en\/products\/p6242","provider":"川口陶楽苑","version":"1.0","type":"link"}