Today, I’d like to introduce the Ibe Sake Cups and Bizen Sake Cups with colored accents by Anjin-sensei, which just arrived earlier. These were the most talked-about colored pieces in 2007, and now, in addition to the existing "Red," "Blue," and "Gold," two new colors—"Silver" and "Green"—have been added to create this 5-color edition. The silver has less luster than the gold, offering a subtle sheen like oxidized silver, while the green, derived from the blue, makes a powerful impact with its emerald hue. These five colors—red, blue, gold, silver, and green—are applied to the canvas of Bizen pottery, but in truth, isn't the act of conceiving this composition and setting the balance the most difficult part? Let’s start by considering the premise of a canvas. Try to imagine what a canvas used for sketches, watercolors, or oil paintings is really like. It’s essentially just a expanse of white, consisting only of empty space, right? For ordinary people like me, the standard process is to "freely" paint onto that. *(Please consider this separate from the process recognized as art created by artists.)* This "freedom" within that overwhelming blank space does not exist in the process of creating these pieces. After all, they are already, in a sense, "complete" as paintings due to the natural texture of the clay, the ash glazes, and the kiln-fired patterns. I think it is incredibly difficult to add something to that. Since you are adding to something where the composition is 100% complete and there is almost no empty space left, the math should be completely broken, and the finished product ought to end up expanded and damaged. However, the greatness and beauty of "art" lie in being able to challenge parts that cannot be explained by equations. "I don't know why, but it's fun to look at," or "It has a quality that words cannot describe"—it was through this mysterious, imaginary-number-like force that this work was brought to completion. To construct it without breaking it, without damaging it, and without lowering the level of perfection. It’s just the act of applying color, but isn't that an immensely difficult thing to do?