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He studied under his father, continuing a family lineage deeply rooted in Japanese teaware and kiln practice within one of Japan’s Six Ancient Kilns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"626\" data-start=\"354\"\u003eEach cup holds approximately 80 ml, an ideal size for sencha, gyokuro, and other fine Japanese teas. They are hand-thrown from traditional Tokoname red clay and left unglazed, allowing the natural qualities of the clay to fully express themselves in both texture and tone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"918\" data-start=\"628\"\u003eThese pieces display yōhen, a natural kiln-induced variation in surface color and finish created duri\u003cimg\u003e\u003cimg\u003e\u003cimg\u003eng firing. Warm reds, deep browns, and subtle smoky transitions emerge organically from the interaction of clay, heat, and atmosphere, not from applied glaze. 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Esta ligação vê-se na contenção, no equilíbrio e na seriedade destas chávenas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCada yunomi não tem vidrado e é formada na argila de Bizen rica em ferro e cozida durante dias num forno tradicional. As superfícies são moldadas pela chama, pela cinza e pela posição no forno: tons de terra sobrepostos, marcas naturais do fogo e variações impossíveis de reproduzir. Um caranguejo finamente gravado à mão emerge da argila. Não é pintado nem aplicado, mas gravado com contenção, para ser descoberto pouco a pouco ao toque e com o uso.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCom cerca de 160 ml, estas yunomi são adequadas ao sencha, ao hōjicha ou ao chá de todos os dias. Com o tempo a argila escurece e suaviza-se ao absorver os óleos do chá, e ganha uma pátina própria do seu dono. 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Sem vidrado e cozida durante duas semanas a lenha segundo o método yakishime, a argila conserva o seu carácter natural e ganhará pátina com o uso.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eO houhin usa-se tradicionalmente para infundir os chás verdes japoneses de qualidade como o gyokuro e o kabusecha, com um controlo preciso da temperatura e do verter. Convém também aos oolongs chineses. 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Este serviço tem a profundidade, o simbolismo e a autoridade calma do Bizen mais exigente.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAo centro, um houhin coroado por uma tampa com um dragão esculpido. O dragão emerge da argila, de expressão atenta, integrado na tampa em vez de acrescentado como decoração. Ondas rodeiam-no e prolongam-se pelo corpo do houhin e das peças que o acompanham, evocando movimento, proteção e vitalidade, símbolos clássicos da arte japonesa aqui expressos com a argila nua, a cinza e o fogo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs superfícies mostram ricos efeitos naturais de cozedura yakishime, em tons sobrepostos de cinzento carvão, branco de cinza e terra quente, fruto de uma longa cozedura a lenha a alta temperatura em que a cinza se deposita naturalmente. O Bizen é cozido sem vidrado, apenas com argila, cinza e chama, o que faz de cada peça o registo de uma cozedura impossível de reproduzir. 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Torneado na argila Banko shidei rica em ferro e dotado de um filtro cerâmico integrado, o kyusu verte com nitidez pelo bico afilado, e a pega lateral cai naturalmente na mão para um verter fluido com uma só mão, ideal para os chás verdes japoneses finos como sencha e gyokuro. A argila shidei é apreciada porque suaviza a adstringência do chá verde, para uma chávena mais redonda e doce.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eO artista\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEste kyusu é obra de Suigetsu III, Shimizu Hiroshi (nascido em 1944), mestre de terceira geração e chefe do forno Suigetsu Tōen, a célebre olaria Banko fundada em 1900 em Yokkaichi, prefeitura de Mie, e dedicada ao kyusu há mais de um século. É famoso pela sua técnica de jateamento: ao escavar a argila ferrosa a diferentes profundidades faz emergir tons distintos, e é apenas esse contraste que forma o desenho. O resultado é delicado, elegante e inconfundível. 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Yohen, literally \"kiln change,\" is a natural color shift that only happens inside the firing, when flame, heat, and atmosphere react with the iron-rich clay and its minerals. The potter can guide it, but never command it, which is exactly why it is so prized: every yohen pot comes out one of a kind, and no two surface patterns can ever be repeated. On this kyusu it runs the body from deep red to a warm bronze with a dark smoky mix, a finish written entirely by the fire.\u003cbr\u003eThat rare finish sits on top of Mori Iroku's signature diamond cut. Where he normally fires this form in his everyday clay, this one is elevated into yohen, a harder-to-find, collector-grade version of the very technique that made the Iroku name. The diamond cut is carved, each facet is cut into the clay one at a time with a blade, a single kyusu taking up to half a day to decorate, and here the faceting wraps the body, lid, spout, and side handle so every plane catches the kiln color differently as the pot turns in the light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeneath the artistry it is a serious tea tool. Thrown from iron-rich purple shidei clay and fitted with a fine built-in strainer, the kyusu pours cleanly from its tapered spout, while the side handle settles naturally into the hand for smooth, one-handed pouring. Shidei clay is prized for gently rounding off the astringency of green tea, coaxing a sweeter, fuller cup from sencha and gyokuro.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA genuine yohen piece from a recognized master is the kind of teapot made to be poured from daily and admired between cups, a centerpiece for the tea table and a showcase.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the artist. This kyusu is the work of Mori Iroku IV (born 1963), the fourth-generation head of Iroku Toen, a Banko-ware kiln founded in 1880 in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, the historic heart of Banko-yaki. He learned the family's hand-cutting techniques, including the signature diamond cut and the Matsukawa pine-bark pattern, from his father, Mori Iroku III (1936-2014). 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O yōhen, literalmente «mudança de forno», é a variação imprevisível de cor e superfície que acontece quando a chama, o calor e a atmosfera reagem com a argila e os seus minerais durante a cozedura, um efeito que o ceramista orienta sem nunca o controlar. Aqui faz emergir da argila ferrosa lampejos vermelho profundo e laranja; a cor e o motivo são escritos pelo forno e nunca se repetem exatamente.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eO corte em diamante não é estampado nem prensado. Cada faceta é talhada à mão na argila com uma lâmina, e um único kyusu exige até meio dia de decoração, uma técnica que o forno Iroku apura há quatro gerações. Aqui envolve o corpo, a tampa, o bico e a pega, de modo que todo o bule capta e quebra a luz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePor baixo da arte, é um verdadeiro instrumento de chá. 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Yohen,  is the unpredictable shift in color and surface that happens when flame, heat, and atmosphere react with the clay and its minerals during firing, an effect the potter guides but can never fully control. Here it transforms the iron-rich clay into a deep multi colored sheen, the color and patterns can never be exactly repeated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeneath the artistry it is a serious tea tool. Thrown from iron-rich Banko shidei clay and fitted with a fine built-in strainer, the kyusu pours cleanly from its tapered spout, while the side handle sits naturally in the hand for smooth, controlled one-handed pouring. The shidei clay is prized for gently softening the astringency of green tea, drawing out a rounder, sweeter cup from sencha and gyokuro.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the artist: \u003cbr\u003eThis kyusu is the work of Mori Iroku IV (born 1963), the fourth-generation head of Iroku Toen, a Banko-ware kiln founded in 1880 in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, the historic heart of Banko-yaki. He learned the family's hand-cutting techniques, including the signature diamond cut from his father, Mori Iroku III (1936-2014). 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As folhas não são pintadas. São jateadas na argila: a superfície é mascarada e a zona à volta escavada para revelar a argila mais clara por baixo, de modo que todo o pormenor da folha, as nervuras, as margens dentadas e o pecíolo, é transportado pela superfície. Por fazer parte da argila, o desenho não lasca, não risca e não desbota, e dá à superfície uma textura subtil que se sente ao rodar a chávena.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eO exterior é uma argila Banko escura e mate, onde ficam visíveis as marcas de pincel do ceramista. O interior é um vidrado escuro e brilhante que valoriza a cor do chá. Cada chávena tem um pé torneado e um bordo ligeiramente aberto, agradável aos lábios. 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