{"product_id":"p7423","title":"Bizen Hidasuki Kutsugata Guinomi, Kannon-tsuchi","description":"This is a Bizen Hidasuki \"Kutsu\" (shoe-shaped) sake cup in Kannon-do clay by Mitsuru Isezaki, the fourth son of the acclaimed master Mitsuru Isezaki, who has refined the traditional techniques inherited from his father.\u003cbr\u003e\nA ceramic history dating to around 2009 is included, suggesting the work was created during that period.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe inside of the paulownia wood box lid is inscribed with \"Kannon-do,\" indicating it is a sake cup crafted luxuriously from Bizen's finest clay.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nBased on the highly prestigious \"Kutsu-chawan\" (shoe-shaped tea bowl), this piece is a masterful adaptation into a size that fits perfectly in the palm of your hand.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe cinched-waist shoe shape, a specialty of his father Mitsuru, truly looks like a tea bowl shrunk down; holding it, you might feel as though you have become a giant.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nTrue to its tea bowl origins, the interior is deep and spacious, allowing you to observe the shifting colors of the Hidasuki fire-markings as you watch the sake gently sway.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe piece firmly upholds the Isezaki family's expertise in Hidasuki fired in an anagama (climbing) kiln, with vibrant fire-markings blossoming across the Kannon-do clay and running seamlessly across the work.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThis is an unused piece, carefully stored since being purchased new.\n\nOriginal signed box (shiho-san style)\u003cbr\u003e\nDiameter 8.8cm × 7.2cm × Height 5.0cm\n\nKiso Isezaki was born in Inbe in 1970 as the fourth son of Mitsuru Isezaki.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAfter graduating high school, he apprenticed for five years under Koichi Shibaoka, a former student of his father, starting in 1988.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe then received five years of guidance under his father starting in 1993, before establishing his own studio in 1999.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe was selected for the Prefectural Exhibition and the Japan Kōgei Association Chugoku Branch Exhibition in 1989, and has since been actively exhibiting in public competitions.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe held his first solo exhibition in Tokyo in 2001 and has continued to hold solo exhibitions across the country ever since.","brand":"伊勢崎 競","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46618142507105,"sku":"7423","price":6600.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9916\/8865\/files\/7423.jpg?v=1790232687","url":"https:\/\/tourakuen.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/p7423","provider":"川口陶楽苑","version":"1.0","type":"link"}