{"product_id":"p4435","title":"Bizen beer mug","description":"This Bizen beer mug is by Masao Akitani, who studied under Living National Treasure Jun Isezaki and creates works brimming with unique originality infused with a fresh spirit. These are the first new pieces from Masao Akitani in roughly two years since his last kiln opening. True to his motto of balancing sophisticated design with practicality as a vessel, this beer mug is typical of Akitani's work. The piece features refined, object-like curves, and the surface is finely finished with a spatula and smoothed out, which adds marks from moving stones to the surface and expresses the charm of unglazed, high-fired stoneware. It was fired with a composition that allows the sesame glaze (goma) to fall as if from directly above, and the rim is covered with a smooth layer of sesame glaze, improving its usability.\n\nPaper box\u003cbr\u003e\nDiameter 8.5cm × Diameter 8.5cm × Height 13.1cm\n\nMasao Akitani was born in Saitama in 1968. He studied under Living National Treasure Jun Isezaki starting in 1998, and after ten years of training, he built his own kiln in Bizen and became an independent artist in 2008. His first kiln opening was in 2009. His work has been selected for the Tanabe Museum of Art's \"The Form of Tea\" exhibition and the Japan Kōgei Association Chugoku Branch exhibition, and he has received awards including the Okayama Prefectural Art Exhibition Prize and the Encouragement Award.","brand":"秋谷昌央","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46618612170849,"sku":"4435","price":4000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9916\/8865\/files\/4435.jpg?v=1790239083","url":"https:\/\/tourakuen.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/p4435","provider":"川口陶楽苑","version":"1.0","type":"link"}