{"product_id":"bizen-tokkuri-by-living-national-treasure-isezaki-jun-signed-box-with-pamphlet","title":"Bizen Tokkuri by Living National Treasure Isezaki Jun | Signed Box with Pamphlet","description":"Experience Authentic Bizen Ware Art with this Isezaki Jun Tokkuri. This Living National Treasure creation serves as a Bizen Yaki Stoneware vessel and Natural Ash Goma piece, featuring Wood Fired Sake character and Ningen Kokuho Pottery provenance — an essential Signed Bizen Pottery for any Japanese Sake Bottle collector seeking Okayama Kiln Stoneware with a Signed Tomobako Box.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ Basic Details ]\u003cbr\u003e• Artist: Isezaki Jun (伊勢崎淳) — Living National Treasure (Ningen Kokuhō)\u003cbr\u003e• Technique: Bizen-yaki, unglazed wood-fired stoneware with natural ash deposits\u003cbr\u003e• Era: Pre-2007\u003cbr\u003e• Origin: Bizen, Okayama Prefecture, Japan\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: Height approx. 13.2 cm, Rim diameter approx. 1.4 cm, Base diameter approx. 4.2 cm\u003cbr\u003e• Box: Four-sided signed tomobako with red seal and cloth ties\u003cbr\u003e• Accessories: Original pamphlet\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Good — surface markings are characteristic of the tradition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ Cultural \u0026amp; Artistic Insight ]\u003cbr\u003eIsezaki Jun was designated a Living National Treasure for his mastery of Bizen ware — one of Japan's Six Ancient Kilns. Nothing is applied to the surface. Everything present on this tokkuri arrived through fire: the iron-brown body, the golden goma markings where ash settled during the long wood firing, the dark patches where flame leaned against the clay.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe ovoid form narrows to a slender neck, controlling the pour. The proportions carry the quiet authority of a maker who has spent a lifetime in conversation with fire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What fire deposits is not decoration — it is testimony.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ Deep-Dive Commentary ]\u003cbr\u003eBizen ware defines itself by absence: no glaze, no painted decoration, no enamel. The kiln — fed with red pine for days — creates all the surface effects through the interaction of flame, ash, clay, and time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGoma (sesame-seed) markings appear where wood ash lands on the surface and melts into a natural glaze. The warm golden patches visible on this tokkuri are goma at its most refined. Hidasuki (fire-cord marks) and sangiri (kiln-atmosphere effects) further diversify the surface vocabulary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIsezaki Jun's designation as Living National Treasure (Ningen Kokuhō) in 2004 recognized his role in bringing Bizen into dialogue with contemporary art while maintaining the technical purity of the tradition. His work commands attention for both its cultural weight and its formal clarity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[ JAPANESE DESCRIPTION \/ 日本語解説 ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ 基本情報 ]\u003cbr\u003e• 作家：伊勢崎淳（人間国宝）\u003cbr\u003e• 技法：備前焼・無釉薪窯焼成\u003cbr\u003e• 時代：2007年以前\u003cbr\u003e• 産地：岡山県備前\u003cbr\u003e• 寸法：高さ約13.2cm、口径約1.4cm、底径約4.2cm\u003cbr\u003e• 箱：四方桟共箱（朱印・布紐）\u003cbr\u003e• 付属：栞\u003cbr\u003e• 状態：良品\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ 文化的・芸術的解説 ]\u003cbr\u003e伊勢崎淳は日本六古窯の一つ・備前焼の技法により人間国宝に認定されました。この徳利の表面に現れるすべて——鉄褐色の素地、胡麻の灰かぶり、炎の当たった焦げ——は釉薬や絵付ではなく、火そのものの仕事です。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e卵形のフォルムが細い首に収束し、注ぎを制御する。長い薪窯焼成の中で赤松の灰が降り積もり、溶けて胡麻となる。炎が寄り添った面は焦げ色を帯び、影になった面は素地の色を保つ——これが備前の「景色」です。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ SHIPPING \u0026amp; PACKAGING ]\u003cbr\u003e• Dispatch: Within 1-6 business days\u003cbr\u003e• Carrier: Japan Post EMS \/ UPS (with tracking)\u003cbr\u003e• Packaging: Carefully wrapped with protective materials","brand":"The Modern Zen Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61623843455346,"sku":"260227_a_2123","price":1360.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m12581396317_1.jpg?v=1772186289","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/bizen-tokkuri-by-living-national-treasure-isezaki-jun-signed-box-with-pamphlet","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}