{"product_id":"arakawa-toyozo-nezumi-shino-tea-bowl-sold","title":"Arakawa Toyozo — Nezumi-Shino Tea Bowl (Sold)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis piece has found its home.\u003c\/strong\u003e It is kept here as a record of what has passed through our hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA \u003cem\u003enezumi-shino\u003c\/em\u003e (“mouse-grey Shino”) tea bowl by Arakawa Toyozo (1894–1985), designated a \u003cstrong\u003eLiving National Treasure in 1955\u003c\/strong\u003e for Shino and Setoguro wares — among the very first ceramic artists ever so honoured.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArakawa did something almost no one had done: he brought a lost art back to life. In 1930, digging at an old kiln site in Mino, he found a single Shino shard that proved these wares had originally been made in Mino, not Seto as long believed — rewriting the map of Japanese ceramic history. He then built his own kiln to resurrect the Momoyama-period technique, carving through an iron slip to leave the pale figures that give nezumi-shino its name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis work is held by the Victoria \u0026amp; Albert Museum, among other major collections.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSold — no longer available.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arakawa Toyozo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49037027639531,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/4757\/3995\/files\/01_jpg_e52c238b-09e2-446e-bebb-d55a3f057915.jpg?v=1783695708","url":"https:\/\/sumo-fujiyama.com\/products\/arakawa-toyozo-nezumi-shino-tea-bowl-sold","provider":"Sumo Fujiyama","version":"1.0","type":"link"}