{"product_id":"p6408","title":"Bizen sake cup","description":"This is a brand-new Bizen sake cup, fresh from the kiln, by Yoshiteru Koriki, who pursues his own creative vision without pretense while having studied under Sozan Kaneshige and Yuho Kaneshige.\u003cbr\u003e\nThis is his latest work, just removed from the kiln in September 2021.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nCreated by firing a blend of rice-field clay and mountain clay in a climbing kiln, this sake cup features a rugged, powerful earth-toned expression that is more pronounced than in his previous works.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nContinuing the lineage of mountain-clay works that his mentor, Yuho Kaneshige, produced around the mid-Heisei period, this intriguing piece displays a gradation from a faint orange clay tone to a brownish hue, with black spots caused by iron deposits mixed in with stone inclusions.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nTrue to the nature of mountain clay, which is said to be \"less plastic than rice-field clay and less prone to reflecting intentional artifice,\" the piece retains a rugged, wild aesthetic that is somewhat reminiscent of traditional mountain tea bowls (yamachawan) in its unadorned quality.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWhile Koriki typically adds a small round fire-mark (marunuke) to the interior of his kiln-altered sake cups, this piece features a triangular mark, perhaps due to the theme of \"mountain\" behind its creation.\n\nSigned wooden box (shiho-san)\u003cbr\u003e\nDiameter 8.1cm x 7.6cm x Height 5.2cm\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\nIn 1996, he built his own climbing kiln in Shizutani, Bizen City, and fired his first kiln the following year.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe held his first solo exhibition in Tokyo in 2000 and has continued to hold annual solo exhibitions since.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 2002, he was selected for the Tea Ceremony Art Exhibition for the first time.","brand":"高力芳照","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46618716930145,"sku":"6408","price":8800.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9916\/8865\/files\/6408.jpg?v=1790241113","url":"https:\/\/www.tourakuen.jp\/en\/products\/p6408","provider":"川口陶楽苑","version":"1.0","type":"link"}