Bizen Hidasuki Sake Bottle

This is a Bizen Hidasuki sake bottle by the master craftsman Mitsuru Isezaki, who loved Bizen ware and made immense contributions to Bizen. It includes a ceramic history document from around 2004, making it a rare Hidasuki work created during that period. The piece was fired using a steaming technique, resulting in a moist, deep-red body adorned with rich Hidasuki markings. The matte, smooth red surface is incredibly elegant, and combined with its simple, unpretentious form, it makes you want to hold it in your hands forever. By rubbing the surface with the sake that drips down during use, you will be even more captivated by its charm as the skin develops a richer, deeper aesthetic. Signed wooden box (Nihō-zan)
Rim 3.5cm × Body diameter 9.5cm × Body diameter 9.3cm × Height 12.5cm Capacity 410cc 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 master of tea ceramics, he pursued Momoyama-style forms, clay textures, and firing techniques. He distinguished between the use of climbing kilns and medieval-style anagama kilns depending on the work, insisting on firing with split pine wood without the use of electric or gas kilns. He became a regular member of the Japan Kōgei Association in 1964 and received the Toyo Kaneshige Prize in 1974. He received the Sanyo Shimbun Cultural Merit Award in 1994 and the 15th Tanabe Museum of Art Grand Prize in 1998. 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 history: Recipient of numerous awards including the Toyo Kaneshige Prize, Okayama Prefectural Cultural Encouragement Award, Sanyo Shimbun Award, Okayama Nichinichi Shimbun Art and Culture Merit Award, and the Grand Prize at the Tea Ceremony Modeling Exhibition, among others / Guest exhibitor at Prefectural Exhibitions