Hiyama Bizen Beer Glass

This is a Hiyama Bizen Beer Mug by Hiroshi Goseki, who trained under Jun Isezaki, Living National Treasure, and later established his own kiln in Ibaraki Prefecture.

This Beer Mug was made using a blend of Bizen clay and Hiyama clay, and fired in an anagama kiln built in Hiyama, Hitachiomiya City.

Perhaps due to the influence of the Hiyama clay, the piece has a distinctly rough texture when held in the hand, and its clay surface, with its strong caramel-brown tones, offers a charm that differs from traditional Bizen works.

For this piece, the basic form was first raised through slab building, then carefully refined by hand in the finishing stage, resulting in an exceptional form that evokes the quietness and subtle fluctuation of a Raku tea bowl.

The exterior is enriched by a deeply expressive Sangiri surface with a unique luster and texture reminiscent of stone, while the interior has a dry, crisp surface marked by wrinkles from the slab-building process, creating a powerful and weighty fire pattern.