{"product_id":"p4088","title":"Bizen-ware bucket-shaped mukozuke dish","description":"This is a Bizen bucket-style mukozuke (side dish bowl) by the brilliant artisan Juroku Harada, who was described by the great Bizen authority Matasaburo Katsura—with whom he studied old Bizen—as someone with a \"frighteningly bright future.\" It includes a record of his pottery career up to the year 2000, and I believe it was produced around that time. It refines one of Harada's signature forms, the bucket (teoke), into a mukozuke that is practical in size. The well-fired yellow sesame (kigoma) and perilla (shiso) colors are not only visually bold, but they also condense the advantages of Bizen ware, which excels at accentuating the colors of the food served within. By soaking the piece thoroughly in water before use, you can fully enjoy the beautiful texture of Bizen that the tea masters of old loved so dearly. (Please note that while there is almost no feeling of dirt or use, this is a previous work.)\n\nOriginal signed wooden box (with two-sided slats)\u003cbr\u003e\n25.4cm (including handle) x 16.5cm diameter x 10.8cm height\n\nJuroku Harada was born in Bizen City, Okayama Prefecture, in 1941.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAfter graduating from Meiji University and working in a corporate position, he began pottery around 1969.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe built an anagama kiln in 1971 and a climbing kiln the following year, beginning his work in earnest.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nStarting in 1975, he studied old kiln sites and historical Bizen ware under the guidance of the old Bizen researcher Matasaburo Katsura.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 1991, he built an anagama kiln on Mt. Amida in Ushimado.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nParticularly skilled at making suribachi (mortar) bowls, he produced vases, tea utensils, and sake vessels primarily using the coil-building technique, with some parts thrown on the potter's wheel.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe held solo exhibitions all over Japan, including in Tokyo and Osaka.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 1983, he held a two-person exhibition with Kenji Funaki of Fushina ware at the National Museum of Ethnology in Australia.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe received the Japan Ceramic Society Award in 2000.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHis work was exhibited at the opening commemoration exhibition of the Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, in 2002, and his pieces were added to the museum's collection.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 2005, his works were added to the collection of the New Orleans Museum of Art in the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe passed away in 2024.","brand":"原田拾六","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46618563477601,"sku":"4088","price":80000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9916\/8865\/files\/4088.jpg?v=1790238633","url":"https:\/\/tourakuen.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/p4088","provider":"川口陶楽苑","version":"1.0","type":"link"}