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Yoshiteru Takariki - Bizen Nuritsuchi Hidasuki Chawan

22,000 YEN
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size : W12.0cm×11.8cm×H8.6cm

He inherits the skills and spirit of Sozan Kaneshige.
The simple and undecorated design highlights the beauty of Bizen clay.
He believes that the work will be completed in the hands of the user.
He had been following his teacher's method of firing hidasuki until now.
He then developed a polka-dot patterned scarlet tasuki using blocks with holes in them.
He further developed this clay-coated hidasuki as his next approach.
This technique is found in old time Bizen ware, but he has modified it for firing in an electric kiln.



Yuho Kaneshige - Imbe Shiro Chawan

385,000 YEN
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size : W11.7cm×11.5cm×H8.7cm

He has been creating unique pieces in primitive kilns in recent years.
He has also produced a work titled "Shiro.
However, this "Shiro" was not fired in a primitive kiln, but in an electric kiln.
It was fired at a high temperature and has slight Hidasuki adhering to it.
It is very hard, but the surface is smooth and almost worn.
The design is also interesting as it has repeatedly shrunk and expanded on the potter's wheel.
One feels that the work is not made of a single piece of board, but is put together like a three-dimensional puzzle.



Kenji Takenaka - Bizen Chawan

11,000 YEN
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size : W12.1cm×12.0cm×H8.2cm

He was one of Jun Isesaki's early disciples.
He is one of the members who researched and developed black clay, which is the specialty of the Isezaki Group.
He has also made many Bizen ware using black clay.
This piece was fired by him around 2010.
The cylindrical design and low koudai give it the feel of Setoguro work.



Naoki Yokoyama - Bizen Shizen Nerikomi Chawan

11,000 YEN
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size : W13.5cm×13.5cm×H8.3cm

He is a disciple of Fumio Kawabata.
Their work is famous for a technique called natural marble 'sizen nerikomi'.
They mould the various components in the clay into a work without mixing them together.
The different components are then directly transformed into a marbled pattern on the surface.
The designs are very strong and show that he had studied old Bizen ware.



Naoki Yokoyama - Bizen Shizen Nerikomi Chawan

11,000 YEN
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size : W12.5cm×11.5cm×H6.9cm

He is a disciple of Fumio Kawabata.
Their work is famous for a technique called natural marble 'sizen nerikomi'.
They mould the various components in the clay into a work without mixing them together.
The different components are then directly transformed into a marbled pattern on the surface.
The designs are very strong and show that he had studied old Bizen ware.



Ken Fujiwara - Bizen Chawan

55,000 YEN
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size : W16.3cm×16.2cm×H5.9cm

This Chawan was made by Ken Fujiwara before 1970.
He made a large kiln in 1970, this Chawan was fired in Noborigama kiln.
He placed this Chawan on top of another piece, and then placed another piece on top of this Chawan and fired it.
Goma and Hidasuki are difficult to generate beautiful colors at the same time, but he has succeeded with this Chawan.
The beautiful clay color is reminiscent of Toyo Kaneshige.



Sohei Takashima - Bizen Wan

66,000 YEN
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size : W11.8cm×11.6cm×H10.2cm

He is a disciple of Jun Isezaki.
He uses a small anagama at Ushimado to fire his pieces.
Large amount of natural glaze adhering to the entire piece.
However, each place has its own natural glaze in different shades, and I never get tired of it.
This is an award-winning work from the Tabe art museum.



Sohei Takashima - Hikidashiguro Chawan

77,000 YEN
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size : W12.7cm×12.3cm×H9.8cm

He is a disciple of Jun Isezaki.
He completed this work using the hikidashi technique he learned from Jun Isezaki.
Hikidashi means taking out the work from Kiln during firing.
The works that touched the outside air will be cooled rapidly and will change to a different color from normal Bizen ware.
In this work, the attached ash (pine) becomes transparent and looks like a amber.
The black part is coated with special clay and is indigo by Hikidashi effect.
The simple design does not prevent you from observing the indigo beauty of this Chawan.



Sohei Takashima - Hikidashi Chawan square type

77,000 YEN
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size : W11.6cm×11.4cm×H8.9cm

He is a disciple of Jun Isezaki.
He completed this work using the hikidashi technique he learned from Jun Isezaki.
This work is taken out of kiln during firing, so the color is vivid.
This Chawan has a very complex and intense fire pattern, including blackish silver clay colors and natural glazes that have become transparent.
The square design is also very stylish.



Tosyu Yamamoto - Bizen Chawan

160,000 YEN
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size : W13.8cm×13.6cm×H8.5cm

Tosyu Yamamoto was called the master of the Rokuro.
He likes symmetrical neat modeling.
This Chawan is a late work in his career.
I could tell at a glance that this Chawan was made of very good clay.
Kinsai is occurring on the surface in addition to a complex mixture of red, purple, brown, and orange clay colors.



Koji Nakahara - Bizen Twin Dogs Hohin

44,000 YEN
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size : W11.9cm×10.8cm×H9.3cm

Koji Nakahara is a potter who works in two places, Osaka and Bizen.
He is commissioned to make bespoke tableware by a famous restaurant in Osaka.
And in Bizen, he is learning about Bizen ware from his teacher, Fumio Kawabata.
His unique design is a modern take on the Houhin, which was popular in the Showa era.
He fired this piece in Fumio Kawabata's kiln, which is now in Bizen City.



Yuho Kaneshige - Imbe SHIRO Chawan

385,000 YEN
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size : W13.8cm×12.9cm×H9.7cm

Yuho Kaneshige is the third son of Sozan Kaneshige.
He inherited Imbe's house and kiln from his father.
He was presenting traditional Kaneshige style works.
But around 2018 he started a new challenge.
He demolished the kiln that he inherited from his father and made a more primitive kiln.
This Chawan is a work that was fired in its primitive kiln.
He often uses that kiln to produce symmetrical Chawan without natural glaze adhesion in recent years.
This Chawan was fired in November 2022.
The title of this work, SHIRO, means white.
The snowy color combined with the extremely fine skin makes it look as if Chawan were made of powdered snow.



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