{"product_id":"p7180","title":"Bizen sake cup","description":"This Bizen sake cup is by Go Kaneshige, who continues his research and pottery making after moving his kiln from Imbe to Kugui.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThis piece was fired in the autumn of 2023.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe cup was fired as a \"haikaburi yohen\" (ash-covered kiln-altered) piece in a kiln at Urizun no Mori in Kameoka, Kyoto, which he modified by adding a side-firing hole.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIt is a sake cup that fully embodies the \"haikaburi yohen,\" one of the signature styles of Kaneshige Bizen, with the soft, glowing gray kiln-altered coloration covering the entire surface, offering profound character.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe \"hidasuki\" (fire-cord) markings in the exposed areas exhibit a very gentle hue inherited from his father, Michiaki, showing how he naturally draws out the inherent colors of the clay.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe form also increasingly reflects his father's influence as he matures; within its symmetrical and tranquil execution, one can feel the powerful vitality of the clay.\n\nSigned wooden box to follow (we apologize, but please allow some time for shipment).\u003cbr\u003e\nDiameter 6.3cm x 6.3cm x Height 4.9cm\n\nGo Kaneshige was born in Bizen City, Okayama Prefecture, in 1968, as the second son of Michiaki Kaneshige.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nRaised in a pottery family—his grandfather was Toyo Kaneshige, his father Michiaki Kaneshige, and his uncle Sozan Kaneshige—and growing up in the pottery town of Imbe, it was only natural that he aspired to become a Bizen ware artist.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe graduated from Ashiya College of Arts in 1988.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAfter working at the Atelier Hikosen Ceramic Research Institute in 1992, he returned to Imbe to hone his Bizen ware techniques within the Kaneshige school.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe has been active in the field, exhibiting at the Bizen Young Artists Exhibition in 1996 and the Kaneshige School Exhibition starting in 1999.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn recent years, he has moved his kiln from Imbe to Kugui, where he continues his work.","brand":"金重 剛","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46618093191265,"sku":"7180","price":33000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9916\/8865\/files\/7180.jpg?v=1790232317","url":"https:\/\/tourakuen.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/p7180","provider":"川口陶楽苑","version":"1.0","type":"link"}