Diameter: approximately 5.5cm Height: approximately 5cm Sold at Seibu Department Store in 1976, at the Sakakibara Mitsugu Pottery Shop. Original price: 5000 yen Mr. Mitsugu Sakakibara, who studied under Mr. Man Isezaki and Mr. Jun Isezaki, won awards at the Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition and served as a director of the Bizen Pottery Association and the chairman of the Japan Kogei Association. His remarkable modeling is adorned with vivid kiln changes. A Bizen-yaki guinomi (sake cup) by Mr. Mitsugu Sakakibara. ◆ Mitsugu Sakakibara ◆ Born October 12, 1937, in Ibe, Bizen City. Selected for the Okayama Prefectural Art Exhibition in 1967. Selected for the Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition Chugoku Branch Exhibition in 1972. Selected for the Issuikai Ceramic Art Exhibition in 1974. Selected for the Traditional Art Crafts Chugoku Branch Exhibition in 1975. Received the Okayama Prefectural Governor's Award at the 11th Bizen Toushinkai Exhibition in 1979. Selected for the Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition in 1981. Became the 11th Chairman of the Bizen Toushinkai in 1983. Received the Okayama Nichinichi Shimbun Cultural Award in 1987. Received the Japan Kensho Association Chairman's Award in 1994. Received the Chugoku Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry Director-General's Award in 2002. Passed away in 2015. We hope you will consider this.