Bizen flower vase

This is a Bizen flower vase by the late Rokuro Nakamura, a traditional craftsman whom Bizen takes great pride in and who was known as the "god of sake ware." It is a work that displays the characteristic hue of Rokuro's style, as if the clay itself were blushing with shyness. The soft, airy orange landscape combined with the mellow flavor of the "goma" (sesame ash glaze) is reminiscent of gazing at the sunset hitting the mountains while walking along a path at dusk. The orthodox lugged-ear design enhances the texture of the clay while also making it easy to arrange flowers.
*There is an area where the rim and body are fused together.

Original signed wooden box (shiho-zan style)
Diameter 15.1cm x Diameter 13.1cm x Height 25.6cm

Rokuro Nakamura worked as a company employee until the end of the war, but in 1945, he began training under Living National Treasure Toyo Kaneshige. In 1961, he built his own kiln, the Rokuro Kiln, and became independent. He preferred creating sake vessels such as tokkuri (sake bottles) on the potter's wheel. Using the slab-building technique (tatara), he also crafted "awabin" (teapots), kyusu (side-handled teapots), and tea bowls. His style was rustic and wild, and as his work was unglazed (yakishime), he placed great importance on the firing process and devoted much effort to the kiln-loading process, which determines the quality of the pieces. He was named a traditional craftsman in 1986, received the Okayama Nichinichi Shimbun Award that same year, and was awarded the Order of the Blue Paulownia Leaves in the 1989 Spring Decorations. He passed away in April 2004. This is a Bizen flower vase by the late Rokuro Nakamura, a traditional craftsman whom Bizen takes great pride in and who was known as the "god of sake ware." It is a work that displays the characteristic hue of Rokuro's style, as if the clay itself were blushing with shyness. The soft, airy orange landscape combined with the mellow flavor of the "goma" (sesame ash glaze) is reminiscent of gazing at the sunset hitting the mountains while walking along a path at dusk. The orthodox lugged-ear design enhances the texture of the clay while also making it easy to arrange flowers.
*There is an area where the rim and body are fused together. Original signed wooden box (shiho-zan style)
Diameter 15.1cm x Diameter 13.1cm x Height 25.6cm Rokuro Nakamura worked as a company employee until the end of the war, but in 1945, he began training under Living National Treasure Toyo Kaneshige. In 1961, he built his own kiln, the Rokuro Kiln, and became independent. He preferred creating sake vessels such as tokkuri (sake bottles) on the potter's wheel. Using the slab-building technique (tatara), he also crafted "awabin" (teapots), kyusu (side-handled teapots), and tea bowls. His style was rustic and wild, and as his work was unglazed (yakishime), he placed great importance on the firing process and devoted much effort to the kiln-loading process, which determines the quality of the pieces. He was named a traditional craftsman in 1986, received the Okayama Nichinichi Shimbun Award that same year, and was awarded the Order of the Blue Paulownia Leaves in the 1989 Spring Decorations. He passed away in April 2004.