Bizen Sake Cup

This is a Bizen sake cup by Junpei Kaneshige, the eldest son of the leading master of the Kaneshige lineage, Kosuke Kaneshige. Fine "kase-goma" (dry sesame glaze) clings to the surface of the vessel like a skin. This kase-goma, nurtured in the kiln by exposure to abundant smoke, creates a magnificent landscape tinged with pale blue that is unmistakably Bizen by Kaneshige. The four-sided shape, rarely seen even among Junpei's works, is truly whimsical. Signed wooden box (shiho-san)
Diameter 6.5cm × Diameter 6.3cm × Height 6.5cm Junpei 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 upon returning to Japan, he studied under his father, Kosuke Kaneshige.