This particular guinomi is one of those small gems
that make it easy to understand not only the love of saké but of guinomi, salt
firing, wood firing and the work of Ningen Kokuho, Shimaoka Tatsuzo. Though
diminutive in scale, the is nothing small in the execution, design and firing
of this guinomi having all of the bells and whistles a viewer or collector
would want from the potter. From form, purposeful and well cut foot, impressed
rope decoration and a mixed, misty infusion of cobalt from the salt and ash from the
wood firing, everything comes together to paint a portrait of a perfect
Shimaoka piece. All that is left is to get out a truly wonderful bottle of
bourbon (or saké) and revel in "how sweet it is".
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