Height 17.9 cm, mouth diameter 4.4 cm, bottom diameter 6.4 cm
Among the kilns active during the Momoyama period, none produced such excellent tokutte (sake cups) as Bizen. Perhaps for this reason, there are many examples that have been handed down to the present day, and Bizen is considered to be the most famous of all Japanese ceramics when it comes to tokutari.
Among the many tokuri of all sizes, none has been fired in such varied styles as this one, which, together with nenowase, is considered by many to be the twin of nenowase among sukiya. The thin neck rises carelessly from the plump, spherical body, and the mouth opens outward. The shape of the body may at first glance appear crude, but it is by no means a mediocre work of art. The neck is naturally tilted to the side and appears straight only on one side. The clay surface is burnished to a slightly darker shade of ash from the mouth to the body, but the reddish burnished surface on the two sides of the body is rather brilliant and beautiful. It is a fine piece that shows the unique kiln transformation of Bizen. The “t” mark is spatula-engraved on the shoulder, and the bottom is probably flat.
It was once owned by the Koide family of Juichiya in Owari and was sold to the Asakyu family in Kyoto in 1924, and later to the Fujita Tokujiro family.
