26166 Nakamura Rokuro Bizen Sake Cup①

Height 5.6cm
Diameter 7.6cm

A representative Bizen ware potter, he was a member of the Chugoku branch of the Japan Crafts Association, the Bizen Ware Tomoyuki Association, and the Traditional Craftsmen Association. He is said to have drunk one sho of sake a day, and his love of sake led him to work extra hard to create sake cups.
He studied under Kaneshige Toyo, and through his rigorous training, he fully demonstrated his outstanding sense and extraordinary passion for sake vessels, resulting in an outstanding work that surpasses all others. This is an outstanding work by the popular artist Nakamura Rokuro, who is known as the "god of sake vessels" and has left behind many masterpieces.