{"product_id":"p6862","title":"Bizen Wine Cup","description":"This is a Bizen wine goblet by the prodigious talent Juro Harada, who was described as having a \"terrifying\" potential and who studied Old Bizen alongside the great contributor to the craft, Matasaburo Katsura.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThis wine glass-style piece is packed with the knowledge and techniques cultivated through his research into Old Bizen, and its unique design is a rare and interesting departure from Juro’s typical body of work.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe bowl section is thinly turned on a wheel and features an orthodox shape, offering a different aesthetic from the thicker, coil-built designs that define most of Juro’s work.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe most notable feature is undoubtedly the highly voluminous stem; its substantial, carved-on-the-wheel design evokes the atmosphere of a vajra (diamond mace) held by a Nio guardian statue.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe scenery of the piece changes between the top and bottom sections due to a covered-firing technique. The upper portion showcases a caramel-brown clay texture—leveraging the material's property of producing a strong white finish—interwoven with yellow sesame (goma) and thread sesame (ito-goma) glazes, as well as vivid scarlet fire-marking (hidasuki).\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nConversely, the lower section was fired without direct exposure to the flames, resulting in a crisp, white clay texture featuring intensely fired scarlet hidasuki markings.\n\nSigned wooden box (shiho-san)\u003cbr\u003e\nDiameter 8.5cm x 8.3cm x Height 15.7cm\n\nJuro Harada was born in Bizen City, Okayama Prefecture, in 1941.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAfter graduating from Meiji University, he worked for a company before beginning his pottery career around 1969.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe built an anagama kiln in 1971 and a climbing kiln the following year, commencing his full-scale ceramic work.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nStarting in 1975, he studied ancient kiln sites and Old Bizen under the guidance of the Old Bizen researcher Matasaburo Katsura.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 1991, he built an anagama kiln on Amidayama in Ushimado.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe was particularly renowned for his mortars (suribachi), and produced flower vases, tea utensils, and sake vessels primarily using coil-building techniques, supplemented by some wheel-thrown work.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe held solo exhibitions throughout Japan, including in Tokyo and Osaka.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 1983, he held a two-person exhibition with Kenji Funaki of Fushina ware at the National Museum of Ethnology, Australia.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 2000, he received the Japan Ceramic Society Award.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 2002, his work was exhibited and acquired by the Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, for its opening commemorative exhibition.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 2005, his work was acquired by the New Orleans Museum of Art in the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe passed away in 2024.","brand":"原田拾六","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46618067861601,"sku":"6862","price":66000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9916\/8865\/files\/6862.jpg?v=1790231934","url":"https:\/\/www.tourakuen.jp\/en\/products\/p6862","provider":"川口陶楽苑","version":"1.0","type":"link"}