{"product_id":"p4534","title":"Gold-leaf Sake Cup \"Kagutsuchi\" Black","description":"This is a newly kiln-fired sake cup titled \"Kagutsuchi - Teru\" (Radiance), a creation by Toru Ichikawa, who made a striking debut after studying under Ryuichi Kakurezaki. For this piece, Ichikawa has further evolved the intense *kairagi* (crackle glaze) seen in his \"Kagutsuchi\" series, named after the Shinto god of fire, Kagutsuchi-no-Kami. The work expresses an incredibly delicate worldview by combining the fine-grained glaze known as \"Kagutsuchi Teru\" with a smooth, voluminous glaze in a patchwork-like composition. A departure from the profound world of fire seen in the earlier Kagutsuchi series, this piece takes on a more avant-garde and artistic expression. The black glaze, bubbling and seething just like his \"black salamander\" works, has a sensuality that transcends ceramics, appearing almost like high-quality lizard leather. This is joined by gold accents that resemble molten ingots, resulting in a fusion of leatherwork and goldsmithing that could only be expressed through ceramics.\n\nSigned wooden box to follow (please allow some time for shipping).\u003cbr\u003e\nDiameter 7.4cm × Diameter 6.5cm × Height 6.3cm\n\nToru Ichikawa was born in Tokyo. He began his apprenticeship under Ryuichi Kakurezaki in June 2011 and established his own studio in Tamano City, Okayama Prefecture, in January 2015.","brand":"市川 透","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46618631012449,"sku":"4534","price":18684.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9916\/8865\/files\/4534.jpg?v=1790239187","url":"https:\/\/tourakuen.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/p4534","provider":"川口陶楽苑","version":"1.0","type":"link"}