{"product_id":"p5896","title":"Bizen sake bottle","description":"This is a Bizen sake flask by the globally renowned master and holder of Intangible Cultural Property, Zenji Urakami, who was decorated with numerous honors.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIncluded is a biographical record of his ceramic career up to the year 2000, and this piece was fired around the time of the joint father-son exhibition held at the Tenmaya Fukuyama store.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAmong Master Zenji’s sake flasks, this is a relatively rare gourd-shaped work, featuring a slender, dignified neck that gives it a truly stately presence.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe front of the piece displays the yellow sesame glaze (ki-goma) characteristic of Master Zenji, the back features ash coating (hai-kaburi) likely caused by contact with glowing embers, and the upper section of the gourd displays layered firing (kabuse-yaki), allowing you to enjoy three distinct firing effects.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWhen filled to 80-90% capacity, it produces a pleasant, rhythmic \"toku-toku\" sound as you pour.\n\nOriginal signed wooden box (shiho-zan)\u003cbr\u003e\nMouth diameter 3.2cm × Body diameter 9.1cm × Body diameter 9.1cm × Height 14.5cm, Capacity approx. 360cc\n\nMaster Zenji Urakami (1914–2006) was born in Inbe and began his career in ceramics under the tutelage of Master Shunko Nishimura.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 1935, he became a student of Japan Art Academy member Master Seibo Kitamura, studying sculpture; he also studied wood carving under Master Shin Naito, and drawing under Masters Saburo Okada and Sakujiro Okubo.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe excelled in creating lively animal figurines, bronze statues, and ceramic murals grounded in realism.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHis major works include the ceramic mural at Okayama Airport, the ceramic plaque of Master Oyama at the Kurashiki City Art Museum, the bronze bust of Toyo Kaneshige at the Bizen Pottery Museum, and the ceramic statue of Kojima Takanori in Tsuyama City.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 1973, his ox figurine won a gold medal at the Le Salon 300th Anniversary Exhibition.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn the same year, he was designated as a holder of an Important Intangible Cultural Property by Okayama Prefecture.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe passed away in March 2006.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAwards include: Okayama Prefecture Cultural Award, Miki Memorial Award, France-Chagall Honorary Award, Medal with Dark Blue Ribbon, Order of the Sacred Treasure, 5th Class, Grand Prize at the Salon de Paris exhibition, and many others \/ Member of the Prefectural Exhibition Judging Committee","brand":"浦上善次","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46618016579681,"sku":"5896","price":42000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9916\/8865\/files\/5896.jpg?v=1790231146","url":"https:\/\/tourakuen.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/p5896","provider":"川口陶楽苑","version":"1.0","type":"link"}