{"product_id":"p6851","title":"Ibe Yunomi","description":"This is an Ibe teacup by Mitsuru Isezaki, a master craftsman who loved Bizen ware and made immense contributions to Bizen.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nA ceramic biography from around 2004 is included, suggesting this piece was created around that time.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nBelieving always that the true merit of Bizen ware lies in the quality of the clay, this piece possesses the profound scenery characteristic of Isezaki, who remained committed to using high-quality rice field clay.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAt first glance, it appears very understated, but it is a work featuring incredibly varied kiln transformations, such as the elegant sangiri (accidental color change) that occurred only where ash touched the piece, making it a textbook example of Bizen ware firing in a climbing kiln.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nFurthermore, the clay body throughout the piece is lightly veiled in a metallic sheen, adding even greater depth to its austere and sophisticated appearance.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe design is like an enlarged version of one of Isezaki's sake cups, and it is full of highlights, including a slightly elevated foot featuring sharp, masterful carving.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThis is an earlier work, but it is unused.\u003cbr\u003e\n\nOriginal signed wooden box (niho-san style)\u003cbr\u003e\nDiameter 7.2cm x 6.8cm x Height 9.2cm\u003cbr\u003e\n\nMitsuru Isezaki was born in 1934 as the eldest son of the Intangible Cultural Property holder Yozan Isezaki. He learned pottery techniques from his father from a young age and majored in sculpture at the Okayama University Special Art Course.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAs an authentic master of tea ceramics, he pursued the aesthetics, clay quality, and firing methods of the Momoyama period.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nDepending on the piece, he used both climbing kilns and medieval-style anagama (tunnel) kilns, refusing to use electric or gas kilns, and insisted on firing with split pine wood.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe became a full member of the Japan Kōgei Association in 1964 and received the Kaneshige Toyo Award in 1974.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 1994, he received the Sanyo Shimbun Cultural Merit Award, and in 1998, he won the 15th Tanabe Museum of Art Grand Prize.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn March of that same year, he was designated as an Okayama Prefecture-designated Important Intangible Cultural Property holder.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe passed away in August 2011 at the age of 77.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAwards: Kaneshige Toyo Award, Okayama Prefecture Cultural Encouragement Award, Sanyo Shimbun Award, Okayama Nichinichi Shimbun Art and Culture Merit Award, Grand Prize at the Chanoyu Modeling Exhibition, and many others \/ Invited contributor to the Prefectural Exhibition","brand":"伊勢崎 満","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46618066452577,"sku":"6851","price":11000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9916\/8865\/files\/6851.jpg?v=1790231921","url":"https:\/\/www.tourakuen.jp\/en\/products\/p6851","provider":"川口陶楽苑","version":"1.0","type":"link"}