{"product_id":"p6100","title":"Bizen Hidasuki Sake Bottle","description":"This is a Bizen hidasuki (fire-cord) sake flask by Yuho Kaneshige, from an earlier period of his career. While belonging to the Kaneshige lineage, he has always continued to question himself, creating works not as \"Yuho Kaneshige\" but as a potter named Yuho.\u003cbr\u003e\nA pottery biography dated up to around 1995 is enclosed, suggesting it was produced around that time.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe piece was fired in an electric kiln in Ushigami-shita, Imbe, and bears his early potter's mark, \"Yu\" (有).\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIt features the hidasuki style inherited from his teacher, Sozan Kaneshige, which is rarely seen today: the straw wrapped around the neck descends to the body before converging again at the base.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThis arrangement allows for a variety of hidasuki patterns on the body—the bold scarlet cords born from bundles of rice straw, the lighter-toned cords created by straw smoke, and the broad \"surface\" hidasuki—all combining to create the rhythmic, expressive scenery characteristic of the Sozan school.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWhile it has a triangular, bulbous shape reminiscent of a turnip, its unique sense of balance is intriguing, giving it an elegant presence that functions beautifully as both a vase and a sake vessel.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAlthough this is an older work, it shows no signs of use or wear.\n\nSigned wooden box (shiho-zan)\u003cbr\u003e\nRim 4.4cm x Body diameter 9.9cm x Body diameter 9.7cm x Height 15.0cm, Capacity approx. 400cc\n\nYuho Kaneshige was born as the third son of the Intangible Cultural Property holder Sozan Kaneshige.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe began studying pottery techniques under his father, Sozan Kaneshige, in 1975.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe became independent in 1980 and held his first solo exhibition in Okayama.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nCurrently, he focuses on tea ceramics such as tea bowls, water jars, and flower vases, as well as tableware.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn his tea bowls, a particular favorite of his, he emphasizes the interior structure (mikomi), pursuing a balance between ease of use and the exterior form.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHis awards include the Prefectural Exhibition Sanyo Shimbun Award, the Chanoyu Molding Exhibition Incentive Award, and the Tanko Biennale Incentive Award.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe received the Japan Ceramic Society Award in 2002 and the Sanyo Shimbun Cultural Merit Award in 2018.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 2019, he was designated as a holder of an Important Intangible Cultural Property by Okayama Prefecture.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe is also dedicated to his solo exhibitions, which are held at various locations both within and outside the prefecture.","brand":"金重有邦","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46618708967521,"sku":"6100","price":80000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9916\/8865\/files\/6100.jpg?v=1790240860","url":"https:\/\/tourakuen.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/p6100","provider":"川口陶楽苑","version":"1.0","type":"link"}