{"product_id":"p7339","title":"Bizen Sake Cup","description":"This is a newly fired Bizen sake cup by Takashi Soga, who challenges the aesthetics of antiquity by recreating the same environment in which Old Bizen pottery was fired.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThis piece was fired in May 2024.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nTo replicate the firing techniques of the Old Bizen era, the piece was fired in an all-earthen kiln—one that defies modern firing conventions and uses no firebricks, which did not exist at the time.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe earthen kiln itself acts as one massive piece of pottery, resulting in an exquisite earthen texture that transcends modern aesthetics and approaches that of Old Bizen.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nFor this firing, Soga challenged himself to an unprecedented 19-day duration, producing his signature exceptionally fine \"kase-goma\" (dry ash glaze).\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe fine-textured kase-goma, covering approximately 70% of the piece, gives it a rounded tactile quality that is almost unbelievable for Bizen ware in the best possible sense—a magnificent kiln transformation that makes you want to roll it in your palm forever.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIt features a vivid scarlet \"amayaki\" (lightly fired) earthen tone, which is rare for Soga. One cannot help but be amazed at this earthen kiln firing, which retained such fresh, raw clay qualities despite the long duration that caused significant fusion throughout the piece.\n\nSigned wooden box (shohosan)\u003cbr\u003e\nDiameter 6.2cm x 6.1cm x Height 5.4cm\n\nTakashi Soga was born in Tokyo in 1984.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 2009, he began studying under Jun Isezaki, and in 2012, he built an all-earthen kiln that uses no firebricks in Kuguï, Bizen City.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe became independent in 2013 and began his pottery career.","brand":"曽我 尭","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46618122616929,"sku":"7339","price":16500.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9916\/8865\/files\/7339.jpg?v=1790232563","url":"https:\/\/tourakuen.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/p7339","provider":"川口陶楽苑","version":"1.0","type":"link"}