茶道用紫黑釉清水罐 - 石器 - 伊藤彰敏 Ito Akitoshi（1951– ） - 日本 - 1900–2000

Item Description:

伊藤彰敏 Ito Akitoshi（1951– ) — Shikokusai Mizu-sashi (Purple-Black Glaze Fresh Water Jar for Tea Ceremony), Ichifugama Kiln

A refined and striking fresh water jar (mizu-sashi) for the Japanese tea ceremony (chado), executed in Ito Akitoshi's signature shikokusai (purple-black glaze) technique — a deeply lustrous, layered glaze treatment that fuses rich violet-purple and deep black tones into an surface of remarkable depth and quiet intensity.

Standing 18 cm tall with a wide open mouth of 17 cm, the form is generous and self-assured — a vessel conceived to hold cool, fresh water and to bring stillness to the tea space.

The shikokusai glaze creates a surface that moves between dark indigo, warm purple, and black as the light shifts, evoking both the refinement of classical ceramics and a distinctly personal, contemporary sensibility.

The piece is signed and comes with its original wooden storage box (tomobako), storage cloth (tomobukuro), and the artist's full ceramic biography (torekki).

Ito works from his own kiln, Ichifugama, in Chino City, Nagano Prefecture, and has exhibited extensively through the Japan Fine Arts Exhibition (Nitten) and the Japan Contemporary Craft Art Exhibition (Nihon Gendai Kogei Bijutsuten), earning numerous prizes and recognition throughout his long career.


Size
Height: 18 cm
Width: 17 cm
Depth: 17 cm
Weight: 1,260 g


Condition
The piece is in excellent condition with no notable damage; described as musho (flawless) in the original listing.


Artist Profile
伊藤彰敏 Ito Akitoshi (1951– ) was born in Suwa City, Nagano Prefecture. After training in Toki City, Gifu Prefecture, he established his own kiln — Ichifugama — in Chino City, Nagano, in 1979. He has been a consistent and prize-winning presence in Japan's major craft exhibitions. He made his debut in the Nagano Prefecture Exhibition and the Japan Contemporary Craft Art Exhibition (Nihon Gendai Kogei Bijutsuten) in 1981, and first exhibited at the Japan Fine Arts Exhibition (Nitten) in 1983, going on to accumulate 26 acceptances, one special selection (tokusen), and mukansa (jury-exempt) status. Key awards include the Education Committee Prize at the Nagano Prefecture Exhibition (1983), the Governor's Prize at the Contemporary Craft Art Nagano Exhibition (1984), the Contemporary Craft Prize at the Japan Contemporary Craft Art Exhibition (1989), the Member's Prize at the same exhibition (1993), the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education Prize (2000), and the 34th Nitten Special Selection (2003). He has been a member of the Japan Contemporary Craft Artists Association since 1989, and served as chairman of the Chino City Art Association and the Suwa Art Association. His works are held in the permanent collections of Chino City Art Museum, Suwa City Art Museum, Suwa Taisha Shrine, and other public institutions.


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