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No. 4965
Ibe Eight-Sun Plate
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Description
This is an Ibe 8-sun plate by the master craftsman Mitsuru Isezaki, a man who loved Bizen ware and made significant contributions to the Bizen region. It comes with a pottery biography from around 2004, making it a precious piece fired in a climbing kiln shortly before Master Mitsuru’s passing. The vivid scarlet hue shines from the very core of the clay; this tightly fired scarlet, characteristic of the Isezaki school, is a joy to both behold and use. The piece features a hidasuki (fire-cord) design that seems to sandwich three circular botan-mochi markings, with the slender, trailing cords lending an atmosphere of refined rustic elegance. The construction is orthodox and functional, resulting in a piece with a unique charm that sets it apart from works fired in standard climbing kilns.
Signed wooden box (shiho-san style)
Diameter 22.5cm x Diameter 21.9cm x Height 6.7cm Master Mitsuru Isezaki was born in 1934 as the eldest son of the 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 a master of authentic tea ceramics, he pursued the forms, clay textures, and firing methods of the Momoyama period. He alternated between climbing kilns and medieval-style anagama kilns depending on the work, never using electric or gas kilns, and insisted on firing with split pine wood. He became a full member of the Japan Kōgei Association in 1964 and received the Kaneshige Toyo Prize in 1974. In 1994, he received the Sanyo Shimbun Cultural Merit Award, and in 1998, the 15th Tanabe Museum of Art Grand Prize. In March of that same year, he was certified as a Prefectural Important Intangible Cultural Property holder. He passed away in August 2011 at the age of 77.
Awards: Numerous, including the Kaneshige Toyo Prize, Okayama Prefecture Cultural Encouragement Award, Sanyo Shimbun Award, Okayama Nichinichi Shimbun Art and Culture Merit Award, and the Grand Prize at the Tea Ceremony Form Exhibition / Invited exhibitor at Prefectural Exhibitions
Diameter 22.5cm x Diameter 21.9cm x Height 6.7cm Master Mitsuru Isezaki was born in 1934 as the eldest son of the 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 a master of authentic tea ceramics, he pursued the forms, clay textures, and firing methods of the Momoyama period. He alternated between climbing kilns and medieval-style anagama kilns depending on the work, never using electric or gas kilns, and insisted on firing with split pine wood. He became a full member of the Japan Kōgei Association in 1964 and received the Kaneshige Toyo Prize in 1974. In 1994, he received the Sanyo Shimbun Cultural Merit Award, and in 1998, the 15th Tanabe Museum of Art Grand Prize. In March of that same year, he was certified as a Prefectural Important Intangible Cultural Property holder. He passed away in August 2011 at the age of 77.
Awards: Numerous, including the Kaneshige Toyo Prize, Okayama Prefecture Cultural Encouragement Award, Sanyo Shimbun Award, Okayama Nichinichi Shimbun Art and Culture Merit Award, and the Grand Prize at the Tea Ceremony Form Exhibition / Invited exhibitor at Prefectural Exhibitions
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