{"product_id":"p7572","title":"Bizen Hidasuki Sake Cup","description":"This is a Bizen hidasuki sake cup from a slightly earlier period by Yoshinobu Morimoto, an artist with a superior aesthetic sense who continues to evolve in his work with clay, firing, and technique.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThis piece was created approximately 10 years ago.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAmong the pottery styles of Morimoto-sensei, who studied not only Bizen ware but a variety of antique ceramics and adhered to the philosophy of \"learning from the past to create the new,\" this work belongs to a series that aims for expression within a free-spirited world view, unconstrained by formality.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nLeveraging the sensibilities refined through his approach of inputting and outputting from antique ceramics, the artist has crafted this piece so that despite the intensely austere clay surface, it does not feel heavy or dated.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAfter shaping the piece with a relaxed hand-coiling technique, he applied facets with a spatula to give the work a sense of rhythm, and it is fascinating how the coarse clay, rich in small pebbles, creates a lively texture through the spatula carving.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe intensely austere hidasuki, made from clay that has undergone rigorous selection, possesses both a subdued tone and a certain vibrancy; it will be a true pleasure to enjoy sake while watching the austere surface and the hidasuki markings develop over time.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIt has been rarely used since purchase and shows no stains or signs of wear.\n\nOriginal signed box (shiho-zan)\u003cbr\u003e\nDiameter 7.3cm x 7.2cm x Height 6.0cm\n\nYoshinobu Morimoto was born in Okayama Prefecture in 1976.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe completed the Bizen Ceramic Center program in 1996 and, after working independently, became a freelance artist.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe held his first solo exhibition in Tokyo in 2004, and has since held solo exhibitions every year, primarily in Tokyo and throughout the country.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe was selected for the Tanabe Museum of Art's \"Tea Ceremony Formation Exhibition\" in 2005, 2006, and 2007.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe exhibited at the \"Contemporary Artists' Sake Cup Exhibition\" in 2008 and the \"Contemporary Artists' Tea Bowl Exhibition\" in 2009 at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 2010, he held a solo exhibition at Okayama Tenmaya.","brand":"森本良信","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46618198147169,"sku":"7572","price":13200.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9916\/8865\/files\/7572.jpg?v=1790232922","url":"https:\/\/tourakuen.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/p7572","provider":"川口陶楽苑","version":"1.0","type":"link"}