{"product_id":"p7427","title":"Bizen Hidasuki Shinogi Sake Cup","description":"This is a Bizen hidasuki shinogi sake cup, a previous work by Mitsuru Isezaki—the fourth son of the celebrated Bizen master Mitsuru Isezaki—who continues to refine the traditional techniques inherited from his father.\u003cbr\u003e\nA pottery biography dating back to around 2010 is included, suggesting the piece was created around that time.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nBy using a spatula to shave away the clay—a technique known as \"shinogi\"—the artist has transformed a mortar-like form into something reminiscent of a budding flower.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe spatula work is meticulously applied not only to the exterior but also to the interior, with the rim in particular being carefully smoothed and polished.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe piece perfectly upholds the Isezaki family's mastery of hidasuki (fire-cord) firing in a climbing kiln, with the hidasuki appearing not as mere lines, but as expansive planes blooming across the surface of the vessel.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThis is an unused piece, kept in careful storage since its original purchase.\u003cbr\u003e\n\nSigned wooden box (shiho-san)\u003cbr\u003e\nDiameter 7.3cm x 7.3cm x Height 4.8cm\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n*Please note that a shipping fee of 500 yen applies.\u003cbr\u003e\n\nKiso Isezaki was born in Inbe in 1970 as the fourth son of Mitsuru Isezaki.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAfter graduating from high school, he studied under Koichi Shibaoka, a former student of his father, for five years starting in 1988.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe then received five years of instruction under his father starting in 1993, before establishing his own studio in 1999.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe was selected for the Prefectural Exhibition and the Japan Kōgei Association Chugoku Branch Exhibition in 1989, and has since been actively exhibiting in public competitions.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe held his first solo exhibition in Tokyo in 2001 and has continued to hold exhibitions across Japan ever since.","brand":"伊勢崎 競","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46618159513697,"sku":"7427","price":4400.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9916\/8865\/files\/7427.jpg?v=1790232693","url":"https:\/\/www.tourakuen.jp\/en\/products\/p7427","provider":"川口陶楽苑","version":"1.0","type":"link"}