SAKEZUKI

Illustrated is a Karatsu style guinomi or more properly sakezuki by Tsujimura Kai. Taking guidance from his father, Tsujimura Shiro and cues from the various traditions that interest him, Tsujimura has thrown a rather light, broad piece with a fine, small foot, carefully balanced but ever so slightly precarious on its perch. The form is low and broad, cutting a nice silhouette and is glazed in a surface that shows quite a visual variety where off-white collides with brown ash and amber tones cascade into the cup around the lip creating a rich and visually engaging landscape making the sakezuki more than pleasant to use. Like much of his father's work, this piece has that distinct feel of antiquity, despite its modern origins the core of the Karatsu tradition is written across the form and surface without a hint of an contemporary burden, simple, to the point and ageless.