Bizen Sake Cup

This is a newly fired Bizen sake cup by Kosuke Kaneshige, leader of the Kaneshige school and son of the legendary Living National Treasure and restorer of Bizen ware, Toyo Kaneshige. It is a new addition to his recent "large sake cup" series, sized somewhere between a tea cup and a standard sake cup. Beyond its use as a sake or tea cup, it is also well-suited for shochu or wine, allowing you to enjoy it however you please. The combination of the rich, thick yellow sesame glaze (kigoma) characteristic of the Kaneshige school and the bright brownish clay body is beautiful and evocative of autumn. Original signed wooden box (shiho-zan) included
Diameter 7.8cm × Diameter 7.7cm × Height 6.8cm Kosuke Kaneshige is the third son of Living National Treasure Toyo Kaneshige. He graduated from the Sculpture Department of Tokyo University of the Arts in 1968 and completed his graduate studies there in 1970. He began exhibiting ceramic works in 1975 and returned to his hometown in 1977 after serving as a lecturer in the School of Letters and Science at Tokai University. He built his own climbing kiln in 1982. He produces objects, tea utensils, flower vases, tableware, and sake vessels. In 1991, he created the ceramic wall mural "Light and Wind" for the Yasuda Fire and Marine Insurance building in Okayama. He received the Japan Ceramic Society Award in 1994 and exhibited at the Bizen Ware Paris Exhibition in 1997. He holds solo exhibitions regularly in Tokyo, Osaka, and other locations. In 2012, he was designated a Holder of Important Intangible Cultural Property by Okayama Prefecture.