{"product_id":"p7869","title":"Bizen Hidasuki Oversized Sake Cup","description":"While studying under both Sozan Kaneshige and Yuho Kaneshige, Yoshiteru Koriki has continued to pursue his own creative path without pretension. This is a brand new, oversized Bizen sake cup, fresh from the kiln.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThis latest work was pulled from the kiln in September of Reiwa 7 (2025).\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nA complete departure from his previous style, the form is so strangely relaxed and otherworldly—almost like a child’s clay creation—that it made time stand still the moment I laid eyes on it.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAlthough the clay used for this large cup is relatively coarse mountain soil, I was surprised to find that, despite its considerable thickness, it is lighter than standard cups made from rice-field clay.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe rim is left entirely raw, without any shaping, reflecting a boldness that discards all artifice, down to the foot, where the thick base is pressed into the body of the vessel.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWhile technically classified as \"hidasuki\" (fire-cord) firing, and though straw marks are visible across the piece, the clay surface has completely absorbed the straw, making them appear like \"fossilized straw.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThis piece was born from a state of total mental emptiness, simply playing with the clay; it is as if, like the Fool in the Tarot, it suggests the beginning of a new journey.\n\nSigned wooden box (shiho-san)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nDiameter 8.3cm x 8.0cm x Height 4.3cm\n\nYoshiteru Koriki was born in Ako City, Hyogo Prefecture, in 1970.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAfter graduating from high school, he spent seven years from 1989 studying pottery under Sozan Kaneshige and Yuho Kaneshige.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 1996, he built his own climbing kiln in Shizutani, Bizen City, and fired his first kiln the following year.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe held his first solo exhibition in Tokyo in 2000 and has held solo exhibitions every year since.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 2002, his work was selected for the Tea Ceremony Molding Exhibition for the first time.","brand":"高力芳照","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46618212302945,"sku":"7869","price":13200.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9916\/8865\/files\/7869.jpg?v=1790233391","url":"https:\/\/tourakuen.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/p7869","provider":"川口陶楽苑","version":"1.0","type":"link"}