Kuroshuten

This is a new black sake cup by Koichiro Isezaki, who was born the eldest son of Living National Treasure Jun Isezaki and is bringing a breath of fresh air to the Bizen ware world with his exceptional sense and masterful sculpting skills. It is a rare sake cup with a deep blue ash glaze, the result of a powerful reduction-fired kiln transformation. The "nuke" (uncovered area) on the front has been fired until the black has transformed into a rich purple clay texture, while the emergence of gold accents provides a perfect counterpoint to the intense kiln transformation. It is a masterpiece in which a highly prized ash-glazed kiln transformation has been fused with black and reconstructed in the Koichiro style.

Blog Signed wooden box to follow (please note that it will take some time to ship) Diameter 7.1cm × Diameter 6.8cm × Height 6.8cm Koichiro Isezaki was born the eldest son of Living National Treasure Jun Isezaki. The Isezaki family is a prestigious lineage of Bizen ware; his grandfather was the Intangible Cultural Property holder Yozan Isezaki, and his uncle was the Intangible Cultural Property holder Mitsuru Isezaki, and Koichiro himself aspired to pottery from an early age. After graduating from the Department of Sculpture at Tokyo Zokei University in 1994, he studied abroad in the United States. He studied pottery for about two years under Jeff Shapiro, a potter based in New York City, which greatly broadened his perspective on art and pottery. After returning to Japan in 2000, he trained under the guidance of his father and his father's disciples. In 2002, he submitted work to the Tanabe Museum of Art Tea Ceremony Exhibition for the first time and was selected.