{"product_id":"p7065","title":"Antique Sake Cup","description":"This is a newly kiln-fired \"Koshoku\" (antique style) sake cup (guinomi) by Sohei Takashima, who made a spectacular debut after graduating from the studio of Jun Isezaki and winning the Japan Ceramic Society’s Award for Encouragement of Contemporary Ceramics.\u003cbr\u003e\nThis is the latest sake cup by Mr. Takashima, who apprenticed under the fifth Living National Treasure for Bizen ware, Jun Isezaki, and has since established his own studio in Ushimado, Setouchi City.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAlthough titled \"Koshoku\" (antique style), which may be an unfamiliar term, this ambitious work successfully achieves the coloration of antique Bizen ware using an oil-fired kiln, demonstrating his approach of challenging ancient aesthetics with modern insights, unbound by conventional concepts.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe core of the \"Koshoku-de\" style is this clay texture, which resembles antique Bizen Ibe-te, achieved by using iron oxide from Bitchu to bring out this specific hue.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nTo accentuate the withered, rustic aesthetic of the \"Koshoku-de\" style, the form has been meticulously crafted; the overwhelming sense of volume in the foot, as if the clay is swelling upward, and the rim, tapered to its limit, harmonize perfectly with the antique style.\n\nSigned wooden box to be provided later (we apologize, but please allow some time for delivery.)\u003cbr\u003e\nDiameter 6.9cm × 6.8cm × Height 6.9cm\n\nSohei Takashima was born in Kushiro City, Hokkaido, in 1991.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAfter graduating from the Department of Design at Dohto University in 2014, he immediately began his apprenticeship under Jun Isezaki.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe currently works independently in Ushimado, Setouchi City, Okayama Prefecture.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe has received the Okayama Prefectural Art Exhibition Award for Encouragement, has been selected for the Tanabe Art Museum’s \"Tea Ceremony Ceramics Exhibition\" and the Contemporary Tea Ceramics Exhibition, and has won the Japan Ceramic Society’s Award for Encouragement of Contemporary Ceramics, among other honors.","brand":"高島聡平","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46618076807265,"sku":"7065","price":14300.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9916\/8865\/files\/7065.jpg?v=1790232172","url":"https:\/\/www.tourakuen.jp\/en\/products\/p7065","provider":"川口陶楽苑","version":"1.0","type":"link"}