Bizen Tokkuri

This is a Bizen sake flask by Jumpei Kaneshige, the eldest son of Kosuke Kaneshige, the leading master of the Kaneshige lineage. It is a work that brilliantly inherits the traditional forms passed down from his grandfather to his father. The soft *kase-goma* (stony sesame glaze) for which the Kaneshige family is renowned does not possess a dazzling, flashy brilliance; instead, it is filled with a very gentle, unpretentious quality that warms the heart. It is a masterpiece that feels like a culmination of Bizen ware, derived through three generations of inheritance. Original signed wooden box (shiho-zan style)
Mouth rim 3.5cm × Body diameter 10.1cm × 9.6cm × Height 11.2cm, Capacity 320cc Jumpei Kaneshige was born in Komaba, Tokyo, in 1972 as the eldest son of Kosuke Kaneshige. He graduated from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Waseda University in 1994. In 2000, he completed a graduate program in sculpture at Long Island University in New York, USA, and after returning to Japan, he studied under his father, Kosuke Kaneshige.