{"product_id":"p7988","title":"Blue Bizen-ware sesame-glaze sake bottle","description":"This is a Blue Bizen-style \"colored sesame\" (iro-goma) sake bottle by Mitsuhiro Kaneshige, an artist who, despite being born into the prestigious Kaneshige Ritoen kiln, creates pottery driven by a spirit of inquiry rather than by the weight of his name.\u003cbr\u003e\nThis unique piece was crafted by aiming for a Blue Bizen-style firing through intense reduction flames, while building up an *Ibe-de* (fine-grained) texture through multiple firings.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nFrom a distance, it appears to be an *Ibe-de* piece treated with slip, but once held in the hand, it becomes clear that its intriguing hue is actually a result of the firing process rather than surface application.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nOn the blue-fired surface created by reduction, thick, flowing sesame ash glaze overlaps, appearing white and reminiscent of the white sesame ash seen on ancient Bizen ware from the Muromachi or early Edo periods.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nFurthermore, as the title \"colored sesame\" suggests, this work incorporates coloring techniques, skillfully blending green and light blue glazes over the sesame ash to act as accent colors that bridge the blue-black clay body and the white sesame ash.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nDespite its heavy, profound firing, the bottle has an incredibly smooth texture and a neck shaped for an easy grip—a meticulously thought-out design characteristic of Mitsuhiro Kaneshige, who collects and studies a wide variety of ceramics.\u003cbr\u003e\n\nOriginal wooden box to be provided later (we apologize, but please allow some time for shipping).\u003cbr\u003e\nRim 3.7cm × Body diameter 9.4cm × Body diameter 9.3cm × Height 16.2cm, Capacity approx. 450cc\u003cbr\u003e\n\nMitsuhiro Kaneshige was born in 1988 at the Kaneshige Ritoen kiln in Imbe, Bizen City.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe entered the Bizen Pottery Center in 2017 and fired his first kiln in 2020.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe received the Excellence Award at the Chanoyu Exhibition in 2023 and held his first solo exhibition in 2024.","brand":"金重充宏","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46618222821473,"sku":"7988","price":33000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9916\/8865\/files\/7988.jpg?v=1790233577","url":"https:\/\/www.tourakuen.jp\/en\/products\/p7988","provider":"川口陶楽苑","version":"1.0","type":"link"}