{"product_id":"setoguro-vessel","title":"Setoguro Vessel","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis piece by Hori Toshiro, a master of Mino ware, draws out the jet-black luster of Setoguro, or “Seto black,” a style valued in \u003cem\u003echado \u003c\/em\u003eculture for its rich color and soft sheen. Hori’s rendition is a deep, complex black that seems to glitter from within like a night sky of veiled stars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSetoguro’s unique finish is achieved by drawing the vessel from the kiln mid-firing and plunging it into water to rapidly cool, a technique known as \u003cem\u003ehikidashi-guro\u003c\/em\u003e. This piece was fired in a traditional \u003cem\u003eanagama \u003c\/em\u003ekiln, a tunnel-like wood-fired kiln used in Japan for 1,600 years. It reflects Hori’s precisely honed intuition for the timing of extraction, a crucial moment that makes or breaks a piece. Surface crackles and nuanced differences in shades of black suggest how the glaze melted and cooled, contributing to this matcha bowl’s bold wabi sabi presence.\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 \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAzuchi-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\u003eThis vessel's irregular cylindrical form is crafted to rest naturally in the palms. Hori’s sensitive shaping of the natural forces of earth and flames, his consideration for history and tradition—this piece reminds us that we are all connected: land and people, past and present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kigishi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45975046947005,"sku":"HTR-10","price":7038.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0553\/0461\/8173\/files\/20251104_KIG-59_______AD_18824e2d-d1a8-4072-aeea-516ad8b3e154.jpg?v=1765426894","url":"https:\/\/musubikiln.com\/products\/setoguro-vessel","provider":"MUSUBI KILN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}