{"product_id":"p6146","title":"Bizen Sake Cup","description":"This Bizen sake cup (guinomi) is the work of Takashi Soga, who challenges the beauty of the past by recreating the environment in which ancient Bizen ware was fired.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nTo replicate the kiln-firing style of the ancient Bizen era, the artist avoids the use of firebricks—which did not exist at the time—and fires his pieces in an all-earth kiln where modern firing conventions do not apply.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nBecause the all-earth kiln itself functions as one massive piece of pottery, it produces an exquisite \"tsuchi-aji\" (clay texture) that transcends modern aesthetics to approach the qualities of ancient Bizen.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn Soga’s kiln, the earth structure itself transforms with every firing, a characteristic that causes the finish of the works to constantly evolve. This piece is a particularly distinctive example, featuring a \"total enamel-like\" (so-enoki-hada) texture.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAcross nearly the entire surface of the sake cup, excluding a portion of the interior and the foot, there is a matte, charcoal-gray natural glaze that resembles extinguished embers.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe underlying clay body displays a vivid, well-fired scarlet color; where portions of the glaze have flaked off through handling, the exposed red creates a beautiful contrast with the black.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe foot is left bare, appearing as if the charcoal-colored black enamel glaze was applied as a Bizen-style dipping (kesho-gake).\n\nOriginal signed wooden box to follow (please note that some time is required for shipment).\u003cbr\u003e\nDiameter 6.5cm × 6.3cm × Height 5.4cm\n\nTakashi Soga was born in Tokyo in 1984.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 2009, he began his apprenticeship under Jun Isezaki, and in 2012, he built an all-earth kiln without the use of firebricks in Kuguimachi, Bizen City.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe became independent and began his career as a potter in 2013.","brand":"曽我 尭","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46618709721185,"sku":"6146","price":11000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9916\/8865\/files\/6146.jpg?v=1790240894","url":"https:\/\/tourakuen.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/p6146","provider":"川口陶楽苑","version":"1.0","type":"link"}