{"product_id":"p6454","title":"Bizen Square Sake Cup","description":"Born as the eldest son of Living National Treasure Jun Isezaki,\u003cbr\u003e\nKoichiro Isezaki is a potter who brings a fresh breeze to the world of Bizen ware with his exceptional sense and masterful sculptural ability. This is his new Bizen square sake cup (guinomi).\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThis is his latest work, just fired and removed from the kiln in September 2021.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWhile making the most of the characteristics of Bizen clay, he skillfully incorporates essences from his roots in fields such as wood carving to create a unique piece that is instantly recognizable as his own.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThis piece is from his signature series of square sake cups, in which he sharply carves away the clay to create a quadrilateral form. Its unparalleled, unique shape makes it suitable not only for Japanese sake but also as a vessel for Western spirits.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIt features a generous coating of frost-like white \"kase-goma\" (matte ash glaze) characteristic of wood-fired kiln (anagama) pieces, with the ash cascading down the carved facets in a masterful display of harmony between form and firing.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nOn the front, a mark left by a kiln tool used to prevent fusion creates a \"hima\" (fire gap) that acts like a spotlight; it is truly dreamlike, reminiscent of a streetlamp illuminating falling snow in the veil of night.\n\nSigned wooden box (shiho-san style)\u003cbr\u003e\nDiameter 5.1cm x 4.8cm x Height 6.5cm\n\nKoichiro Isezaki was born in Bizen City, Okayama Prefecture, in 1974, the eldest son of Jun Isezaki.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAfter graduating from the Sculpture Department of Tokyo Zokei University in 1994, he studied abroad in the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nSubsequently, in 1998, he studied under Jeff Shapiro, a potter living in New York City who was a student of his father.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAfter studying ceramics for about two years, he returned to Japan and, in 2000, began his career as an independent ceramic artist under his father, Jun Isezaki.","brand":"伊勢崎晃一朗","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46618717782113,"sku":"6454","price":20000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9916\/8865\/files\/6454.jpg?v=1790241154","url":"https:\/\/www.tourakuen.jp\/en\/products\/p6454","provider":"川口陶楽苑","version":"1.0","type":"link"}