{"product_id":"p7987","title":"Blue Bizen Sake Cup","description":"This is an Aobizen (blue Bizen) sake cup by Mitsuhiro Kaneshige, an artist who follows his own inquisitive spirit in pottery rather than being constrained by the name of his family's six-generation kiln, Kaneshige Ritoen.\u003cbr\u003e\nWhile aiming for the blue Bizen style through intense reduction firing, the piece also retains the gradients of natural glaze.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe reduction firing has produced a refreshing blue surface across the entire piece, reminiscent of Sue ware, the ancestor of Bizen pottery.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nFurthermore, natural glaze is applied to the rim like lipstick; where the blue surface reacts with this glaze, it creates striking black kiln-altered patterns, resulting in an exquisite and intriguing combination of blue and black.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe wheel marks in the well, reminiscent of a thoughtfully crafted tea reservoir, and the crepe-like texture left by the trimming of the foot are perfectly executed.\n\nSigned wooden box to follow (please note that some time will be required before shipment).\nDiameter 6.8cm × 6.5cm × Height 5.4cm\n\nMitsuhiro Kaneshige was born in 1988 at the Kaneshige Ritoen kiln in Inbe, Bizen City.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe entered the Bizen Pottery Center in 2017 and fired his first kiln in 2020.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe won the Shubi Award at the Chanoyu Modeling Exhibition in 2023 and held his first solo exhibition in 2024.","brand":"金重充宏","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46618222526561,"sku":"7987","price":19800.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9916\/8865\/files\/7987.jpg?v=1790233575","url":"https:\/\/tourakuen.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/p7987","provider":"川口陶楽苑","version":"1.0","type":"link"}