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No. 4996
Bizen Sake Cup
¥25,000
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Description
This is a Bizen sake cup by the master craftsman Mitsuru Isezaki, who loved Bizen ware and made great contributions to Bizen. True to the Isezaki family, known for their reputation in *hidaski* (fire-cord) firing, this is an excellent piece featuring deep *hidaski* patterns on a sophisticated, azuki-bean colored clay body. Perhaps fired inside a cylindrical saggar, the composition suggests sesame-like ash falling directly from above; viewed from the top, there is fine, dry yellow ash on the rim and interior, while from the side, the body displays a rich, blooming *hidaski* pattern, making it a piece full of highlights. It is a luxuriously finished sake cup, characteristic of Mitsuru-sensei, who spared no expense in using the finest clay.
Signed wooden box (shiho-san)
Diameter 6.3cm × Diameter 6.2cm × Height 6.3cm 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 a master of authentic tea ceramics, he pursued the aesthetics, clay quality, and firing techniques of the Momoyama period. He distinguished between using climbing kilns and medieval anagama (tunnel) kilns depending on the work, and insisted on firing with pine wood rather than using electric or gas kilns. He became a regular member of the Japan Kōgei Association in 1964 and received the Toyo Kaneshige Award in 1974. In 1994, he received the Sanyo Shimbun Cultural Meritorious Award, and in 1998, he received the 15th Tanabe Museum of Art Grand Prize. 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: Toyo Kaneshige Award, Okayama Prefecture Cultural Encouragement Award, Sanyo Shimbun Award, Okayama Nichinichi Shimbun Art and Culture Meritorious Award, Tea Ceremony Modeling Exhibition Grand Prize, and many others / Prefectural Exhibition Guest
Diameter 6.3cm × Diameter 6.2cm × Height 6.3cm 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 a master of authentic tea ceramics, he pursued the aesthetics, clay quality, and firing techniques of the Momoyama period. He distinguished between using climbing kilns and medieval anagama (tunnel) kilns depending on the work, and insisted on firing with pine wood rather than using electric or gas kilns. He became a regular member of the Japan Kōgei Association in 1964 and received the Toyo Kaneshige Award in 1974. In 1994, he received the Sanyo Shimbun Cultural Meritorious Award, and in 1998, he received the 15th Tanabe Museum of Art Grand Prize. 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: Toyo Kaneshige Award, Okayama Prefecture Cultural Encouragement Award, Sanyo Shimbun Award, Okayama Nichinichi Shimbun Art and Culture Meritorious Award, Tea Ceremony Modeling Exhibition Grand Prize, and many others / Prefectural Exhibition Guest
Details
- Pottery Type
- guinomi