{"product_id":"p6614","title":"Bizen Sake Cup","description":"This new Bizen sake cup (guinomi) is crafted by Kazuki Nakamura, a potter who follows in the footsteps of the legendary sake vessel masters Rokuro Nakamura and Shin Nakamura to create deeply evocative works.\u003cbr\u003e\n\nWhile inheriting the lineage of these master sake vessel makers, this piece quintessentially reflects Kazuki's own style, subtly infusing a unique character into his work that distinguishes it from that of his father and grandfather.\u003cbr\u003e\n\nThis latest work, freshly fired in April 2022, features a relaxed, rhythmic rise achieved through pottery wheel techniques inherited from his grandfather, exuding an exquisite charm.\u003cbr\u003e\n\nAdorned with a rough, bark-like \"kase-goma\" ash glaze, the front reveals a beautiful scarlet hue, as if opening the folds of a kimono.\u003cbr\u003e\n\nThe rich scarlet clay base—a closely guarded Nakamura family secret—is exceptionally beautiful, offering pleasure both to the eye and in use. Its surface will only grow smoother and more refined with time, revealing the immense potential of this piece as a sake vessel.\u003cbr\u003e\n\nThe rhythmically undulating rim and the powerfully carved foot demonstrate his masterful inheritance of the techniques refined by his grandfather, Rokuro Nakamura, through a lifetime of enjoying fine sake.\n\nSigned wooden box (shiho-san)\u003cbr\u003e\nDiameter 7.8cm × 7.7cm × Height 5.4cm\n\nKazuki Nakamura was born in Bizen City, Okayama Prefecture, in 1980 as the eldest son of Shin Nakamura.\u003cbr\u003e\n\nAfter graduating from the Faculty of Letters at Okayama University in 2003, he apprenticed under his grandfather, Rokuro Nakamura, and his father, Shin Nakamura, to hone his ceramic skills.\u003cbr\u003e\n\nHe fired his first kiln and became an independent artist in 2006.","brand":"中村和樹","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46618720665697,"sku":"6614","price":8000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9916\/8865\/files\/6614.jpg?v=1790241264","url":"https:\/\/www.tourakuen.jp\/en\/products\/p6614","provider":"川口陶楽苑","version":"1.0","type":"link"}