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No. 3948
Bizen ware sake cup
¥32,000
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Description
This is a Bizen sake cup by Intangible Cultural Property holder Yuichi Yamamoto, son of the master craftsman and legendary potter Toshu Yamamoto. It is crafted from high-quality clay with low iron content, and the refreshing white clay has been fired to a beautiful caramel color. Perhaps due to the quality of the clay, the "hidasuki" (fire-cord) markings are exceptionally vibrant, with the qualities of the white clay and the hidasuki perfectly enhancing one another. The piece is also adorned with a refined and well-balanced touch of "goma" (ash glaze), where small, scattered black sesame-like specks beautifully accentuate the caramel-colored surface of the work.
Signed wooden box (shiho-san style)
Diameter 6.3cm × Diameter 6.3cm × Height 5.6cm Yuichi Yamamoto is the eldest son of Living National Treasure Toshu Yamamoto and began his path in ceramics under his father in 1959. In 1968, he became the first to introduce a gas kiln for Bizen ware. Driven by a scientific curiosity and an intense desire for exploration, he researched methods to turn hidasuki—a technique often left to chance—into an intentional design element. He devised the "Himon" and "Hisai" techniques, creating artificial hidasuki by using an extract boiled down from rice straw as a paint to draw flowers and patterns onto the clay body. He produces a wide range of works, including vases, tea utensils, jars, and large bowls. He became a regular member of the Japan Kōgei Association in 1967. In 1995, he published an introductory book for potters titled "Bizen Ware Techniques: Tradition and Creation." In 1996, he received the Tabe Museum Grand Prize at the Tea Ceremony Arts Exhibition, and in the same year, he was designated a holder of the Okayama Prefecture Important Intangible Cultural Property.
Awards: Numerous awards including the Kaneshige Toyo Award, Okayama Prefecture Cultural Encouragement Award, Sanyo Shimbun Award, Medal with Blue Ribbon, Okayama Nichinichi Shimbun Art and Culture Merit Award, and the Tea Ceremony Arts Exhibition Grand Prize. Served as a juror for the prefectural exhibition.
Affiliations: Japan Kōgei Association, Bizen-yaki Toshinkai, Bigeikai, Gengakai, Kunpukai
Diameter 6.3cm × Diameter 6.3cm × Height 5.6cm Yuichi Yamamoto is the eldest son of Living National Treasure Toshu Yamamoto and began his path in ceramics under his father in 1959. In 1968, he became the first to introduce a gas kiln for Bizen ware. Driven by a scientific curiosity and an intense desire for exploration, he researched methods to turn hidasuki—a technique often left to chance—into an intentional design element. He devised the "Himon" and "Hisai" techniques, creating artificial hidasuki by using an extract boiled down from rice straw as a paint to draw flowers and patterns onto the clay body. He produces a wide range of works, including vases, tea utensils, jars, and large bowls. He became a regular member of the Japan Kōgei Association in 1967. In 1995, he published an introductory book for potters titled "Bizen Ware Techniques: Tradition and Creation." In 1996, he received the Tabe Museum Grand Prize at the Tea Ceremony Arts Exhibition, and in the same year, he was designated a holder of the Okayama Prefecture Important Intangible Cultural Property.
Awards: Numerous awards including the Kaneshige Toyo Award, Okayama Prefecture Cultural Encouragement Award, Sanyo Shimbun Award, Medal with Blue Ribbon, Okayama Nichinichi Shimbun Art and Culture Merit Award, and the Tea Ceremony Arts Exhibition Grand Prize. Served as a juror for the prefectural exhibition.
Affiliations: Japan Kōgei Association, Bizen-yaki Toshinkai, Bigeikai, Gengakai, Kunpukai
Details
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- guinomi