{"product_id":"salt-glazed-tokkuri-by-lnt-ー島岡-達三-塩釉徳利","title":"Salt Glazed Tokkuri by LNT ー島岡 達三 “塩釉徳利”","description":"\u003cp\u003eA striking salt-glazed sake flask by Living National Treasure Shimaoka Tatsuzō, enclosed in its original signed wooden box titled Shio-yū Tokkuri. The generously rounded body rises through sloping shoulders to a narrow neck and gently flared mouth, its surface animated by Shimaoka's characteristic rope-impressed decoration. Dark cobalt-blue glaze settles into the diagonal impressions beneath a lustrous salt glaze, creating a rhythmic pattern of blue-black lines against a softly mottled grey-green ground. Above and below, the decoration gives way to warm ochre and brown tones, the speckled glaze emphasizing the earthy character of the clay and providing a quiet counterpoint to the vivid blue of the body. The natural variations of the salt firing—from glassy passages to granular, almost stone-like surfaces—give the vessel unusual depth and vitality. Shimaoka's impressed mark appears near the foot. It measures 16 cm (6-1\/4 inches) tall and is in excellent condition, complete with its original stamped wrapping cloth and shiori.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShimaoka Tatsuzo (1919-2007) was born in Tokyo and enrolled in the Tokyo Kogei Daigaku Ceramics division in 1939. The following year he would meet Mashiko Mingei potter Hamada Shoji, and the course of his life was thought set, graduating in 1941. However he was drafted in 1942, and sent to Burma where he would remain until repatriation after the cessation of hostilities. In 1946 Tatsuzo apprenticed under Hamada who encouraged him to find his own voice, which he did when in 1950 took part in research into ancient Jomon potteries with Shirasaki Shunji, which would have a profound influence on his style. Working with Jomon rope patterns, Tatsuzo set out to create a style unique to himself, establishing his own kiln in 1954. Widely exhibited, awarded and influential in his lifetime, he received the Japan Ceramic Society Gold award in 1994, one of the highest honors for a Japanese ceramic artist, and was designated a Living National Treasure (Juyo Mukei Bunkazai or Ningenkokuho) in 1996 culminating with receiving the Order of the Rising Sun in 1999.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shimaoka Tatsuzo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51401692709111,"sku":"MC561","price":79000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0658\/7472\/3063\/files\/2026-08-1415.11.46.jpg?v=1792913917","url":"https:\/\/kuramonzen.com\/products\/salt-glazed-tokkuri-by-lnt-%e3%83%bc%e5%b3%b6%e5%b2%a1-%e9%81%94%e4%b8%89-%e5%a1%a9%e9%87%89%e5%be%b3%e5%88%a9","provider":"Kura Monzen Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}