{"product_id":"hiiro-shino-vessel","title":"Hiiro Shino Vessel","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis piece by Hori Toshiro, a master of Mino ware, exemplifies the refined warmth of Shino, Japan’s first white glaze. Bold yet delicate crackles in the glaze surface branch softly across the piece, creating a dialogue of color between the pearly-white Shino glaze and the clay’s flame-like hue of \u003cem\u003ehiiro\u003c\/em\u003e. Both concealing and revealing, it shows Hori’s skill in balancing technical control with the chance variation born of natural forces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShino is a feldspar-based glaze that contracts more than the clay body underneath, resulting in its distinctive \u003cem\u003ekairagi\u003c\/em\u003e, or “plum-blossom skin,” texture. This particular piece was fired for three days in a traditional \u003cem\u003eanagama \u003c\/em\u003ekiln, a tunnel-like wood-fired kiln used in Japan for 1,600 years. Interactions between iron in the clay, the kiln’s strong reduction environment, and an iron-rich sheath placed around the vessel during firing are what generated the orange-red color that shows through the crackles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis piece was formed from local \u003cem\u003emogusa \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003egotomaki \u003c\/em\u003eclays in equal parts, a high ratio of mogusa. Named after moxibustion herbs for its texture, mogusa clay is highly difficult to work with, but has a fluffy quality akin to ceramics from the Azuchi-Momoyama period\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e(1573–1603 CE). The base is left unglazed, a style called \u003cem\u003etsuchimise\u003c\/em\u003e, or “showing the earth,” which reveals this particular clay’s soft, organic quality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImperfectly cylindrical, the vessel’s subtle dips and curves allow it to nestle gently in the palms, the thick glaze giving a soft, lush feel. Each turn reveals a new surface landscape, rewarding repeated viewing. The viewer thus becomes part of the story of this work of art, one that is not just historically significant, but also creates a bridge into the future.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kigishi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45975046979773,"sku":"HTR-8","price":6778.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0553\/0461\/8173\/files\/20251104_KIG-59_______AD_67b46854-848f-402b-bdcd-30f0a70c5e21.jpg?v=1765426687","url":"https:\/\/musubikiln.com\/products\/hiiro-shino-vessel","provider":"MUSUBI KILN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}