{"product_id":"p7255","title":"Bizen Sake Cup","description":"This is a Bizen guinomi (sake cup) by the prodigious talent Juroku Harada, who was described as a \"fearsome talent\" while studying ancient Bizen alongside the great Bizen scholar, Matasaburo Katsura.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe piece includes a ceramic history document dated up to 2004, suggesting it was created around that time.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThis work was fired in one of the later kilns at Juroku's own studio and is characterized by a profound aesthetic that encapsulates the knowledge and techniques he cultivated through his research into ancient Bizen.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe bold texture, packed with the expertise gained from his studies of ancient Bizen, is a masterpiece, and the bluish-tinged *kase-goma* (stony ash glaze) characteristic of his later works makes it instantly recognizable as a Juroku piece.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nFurthermore, it displays the rich, *shiso* (perilla-leaf) red clay color that is another hallmark of Juroku's work, and the entire surface is tinged with a gold hue that glows as if coated in platinum.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThis piece was formed using the coil method and then slowly carved with a spatula, giving it a rustic, primitive appearance reminiscent of Stone Age tools.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIt is an unused item that has been carefully stored since its purchase.\n\nSigned wooden box (shiho-san)\u003cbr\u003e\nDiameter: 6.8cm × 6.7cm, Height: 6.0cm\n\nJuroku Harada was born in Bizen City, Okayama Prefecture, in 1941.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAfter graduating from Meiji University, he worked as a company employee before beginning his pottery career around 1969.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe built an *ana-gama* (tunnel kiln) in 1971 and a climbing kiln the following year, beginning his full-scale ceramic production.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nStarting in 1975, he studied ancient Bizen by visiting old kiln sites under the guidance of the ancient Bizen researcher Matasaburo Katsura.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 1991, he built an *ana-gama* on Amidayama in Ushimado.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe was particularly renowned for his mortars (*suribachi*), and he produced vases, tea utensils, and sake vessels primarily using the coil method, with some pieces also created on the potter's wheel.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe held solo exhibitions throughout Japan, including in Tokyo and Osaka.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 1983, he held a two-person exhibition with Kenji Funaki of Fushina-yaki at the National Museum of Ethnology in Australia.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 2000, he received the Japan Ceramic Society Award.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 2002, his work was exhibited at and acquired by the Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, in commemoration of its opening.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 2005, his work was acquired by the New Orleans Museum of Art in the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe passed away in 2024.","brand":"原田拾六","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46618107281505,"sku":"7255","price":110000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9916\/8865\/files\/7255.jpg?v=1790232433","url":"https:\/\/tourakuen.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/p7255","provider":"川口陶楽苑","version":"1.0","type":"link"}