{"product_id":"p7468","title":"Bizen sake cup","description":"This is a Bizen sake cup (guinomi) by the brilliant maverick Juroku Harada, who was once called \"fearsome\" by the late Matasaburo Katsura, a legendary contributor to the Bizen tradition with whom he studied old Bizen pottery.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nA pottery biography dating up to 2004 is included, suggesting this piece was created around that time.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIt is a late-period work from the artist’s own kiln, featuring an elegant *hidasuki* (fire-cord) pattern achieved through electric kiln firing.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWhile this is a thin-walled, cylindrical sake cup of the type Juroku produced regularly, it has been thrown on the wheel into a simple, straight-sided cylinder, giving it an atmosphere more akin to a shot glass.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHowever, the rim is gently reshaped into a quadrilateral, and the edges of the base are faceted while being cut from the wheel, ensuring that the work is imbued with the unmistakable signature of Juroku Harada.\u003cbr\u003e\n\nOriginal signed wooden box (lacking cord, with four-sided slats)\u003cbr\u003e\nDiameter 4.9cm x 4.6cm x Height 5.6cm\u003cbr\u003e\n\nJuroku Harada was born in Bizen City, Okayama Prefecture, in 1941.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAfter graduating from Meiji University and working in a corporate position, he began his pottery career around 1969.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe built an *ana-gama* (tunnel kiln) in 1971 and a climbing kiln the following year, commencing his full-scale ceramic production.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nBeginning in 1975, he traveled to ancient kiln sites under the guidance of Old Bizen researcher Matasaburo Katsura to study the traditions of ancient Bizen ware.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 1991, he built an *ana-gama* kiln on Mt. Amida in Ushimado.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe was particularly renowned for his *suribachi* (mortar) forms, and created flower vases, tea utensils, and sake vessels primarily using the coil-building method, supplemented by wheel-throwing.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe held solo exhibitions in cities across Japan, including Tokyo and Osaka.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 1983, he held a two-person exhibition at the National Museum of Ethnology in Australia alongside the Fushina-ware potter Kenji Funaki.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe received the Japan Ceramic Society Award in 2000.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 2002, his work was exhibited at and acquired by the Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, to commemorate its opening.\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":46618178420833,"sku":"7468","price":49500.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9916\/8865\/files\/7468.jpg?v=1790232760","url":"https:\/\/www.tourakuen.jp\/en\/products\/p7468","provider":"川口陶楽苑","version":"1.0","type":"link"}