Bizen sake bottle

This Bizen sake flask is the work of Mitsuru Isezaki, a master craftsman who loved Bizen ware and made significant contributions to the region. It exhibits a rich, faintly glowing shiso-red hue, allowing you to appreciate the quintessence of the dove-grey "Kannon-do" clay that Master Isezaki favored. While the scenery itself is a simple composition of sesame glaze (goma) and reduction firing (sangiri), the beautiful shiso-red tone creates a perfect sense of balance. Another highlight is the presence of gold accents within the stunning shiso color, reminiscent of rising flames. Includes original signed wooden box (shiho-zan style)
Rim 3.8cm × Body 10.1cm × Body 10.0cm × Height 13.6cm; Capacity 440cc Master Mitsuru Isezaki was born in 1934 as the eldest son of Intangible Cultural Property holder Yozan Isezaki. He learned pottery techniques from his father from a young age and majored in sculpture at the Okayama University Special Art Course. As an authentic tea ceramicist, he pursued Momoyama-style forms, clay textures, and firing techniques. He distinguished between the use of climbing kilns and medieval anagama kilns depending on the work, insisting on firing with pine wood and never using electric or gas kilns. He became a regular member of the Japan Kōgei Association in 1964 and received the Toyo Kaneshige Memorial Award in 1974. In 1994, he received the Sanyo Shimbun Cultural Merit Award, and in 1998, he won the 15th Tanabe Museum of Art Grand Prize. In March of that same year, he was designated as a Prefectural Important Intangible Cultural Property holder. He passed away in August 2011 at the age of 77.
Awards: Toyo Kaneshige Memorial Award, Okayama Prefecture Cultural Encouragement Award, Sanyo Shimbun Award, Okayama Nichinichi Shimbun Arts and Culture Merit Award, Grand Prize at the Tea Ceremony Form Exhibition, and many others / Invited exhibitor at the Prefectural Exhibition