{"product_id":"p6849","title":"Bizen tea cup","description":"This is a Bizen sake cup from the earlier works of Matsui Kōyoshi, who also trained the next generation of artists as an instructor at the Pottery Center.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nA ceramic biography from around 1995 is included, suggesting the piece was created around that time.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nYellow sesame glaze (ki-goma), sangiri, and scorched sesame effects are fused onto the surface, creating the kind of profound, heavy-fired aesthetic for which Matsui-sensei is known.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe clay body itself is well-fired, with a pale golden sheen coating the entire surface, adding further depth to the rich, reddish-purple color of the clay.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe lightly undulating rim displays the kind of movement one would expect from Matsui-sensei, who was an instructor, serving as a model of vessel-making and appearing very comfortable to use.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nA \"botamochi\" (peony cake) mark is subtly placed in the interior, and strong reduction firing has created a silvery, moon-like highlight.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThough an earlier work, there is no dirt or sign of use.\n\nSigned wooden box (drop-lid)\u003cbr\u003e\nDiameter 7.2cm × 7.2cm × Height 8.9cm\n\nMatsui Kōyoshi was born in Arao City, Kumamoto Prefecture, in 1931.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe graduated from the Kyoto National Ceramic Research Institute in 1950.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAfter working for five years at the Kumamoto Prefectural Industrial Research Institute, he returned to Kyoto in 1956 to study under Kiyomizu-yaki artist Morino Kako.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWhile still in training in 1960, he was invited by the then-Governor of Okayama, Yukiharu Miki, to serve as an instructor at the Bizen City Pottery Center in Okayama Prefecture.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAfter taking the position, he devoted himself to cultivating young artists, before resigning as director in 1978 to build his own kiln in Nishikatakami, Bizen City.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe became a full member of the Japan Kōgei Association in 1969 and was designated a Holder of Okayama Prefectural Important Intangible Cultural Property in 1996.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 1997, he exhibited work at the Bizen Ware Paris Exhibition.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAwards: Recipient of numerous honors including the Kaneshige Tōyō Prize, the Okayama Prefectural Cultural Prize and Cultural Encouragement Prize, and the Sanyo Shimbun Prize \/ Judge for Prefectural Exhibitions","brand":"松井與之","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46618066419809,"sku":"6849","price":8800.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9916\/8865\/files\/6849.jpg?v=1790231919","url":"https:\/\/tourakuen.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/p6849","provider":"川口陶楽苑","version":"1.0","type":"link"}